Samarkand

Country

Russian Empire

Coordinates

39.6547, 66.9758

History

• Samarkand (–1500)
• Samarkand (1500–1785), Khanate of Bukhara
• Samarkand (1785–1868), Emirate of Bukhara
• Samarkand (1868–1917), Russian Empire
• Samarkand (1917–1922), Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
• Samarkand (1922–1991), Soviet Union
• Samarkand (1991–), Uzbekistan

Composers

• André Hossein (1905–1983), was born in Samarkand
• Ziyodullo Shahidi (1914–1985), was born in Samarkand