Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
In this video, I will take a Soviet Uzbek train from the capital Tashkent to Samarkand. Samarkand is one of the most ancient cities on the planet, the same age as Rome and Athens. Samarkand is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Samarqand Province. The city is most noted for its position at the junction of trade routes on the Silk Road between China, India, and the West, and for being an early Islamic center for scholarly study.
Time codes:
00:00 Welcome to Uzbekistan
00:42 Taking a Soviet Uzbek train to Samarkand
03:39 Why Samarkand city is special for me
04:45 Looking for my dad's trail...
07:28 Exploring Samarkand
08:24 Pilaf time
10:07 Life in Uzbekistan during USSR and after its collapse
12:35 Staying with an Uzbek family
14:02 The biggest bazaar in the region
14:49 Mountains and some thoughts...
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In this video, I will take a Soviet Uzbek train from the capital Tashkent to Samarkand. Samarkand is one of the most ancient cities on the planet, the same age as Rome and Athens. Samarkand is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Samarqand Province. The city is most noted for its position at the junction of trade routes on the Silk Road between China, India, and the West, and for being an early Islamic center for scholarly study.
Time codes:
00:00 Welcome to Uzbekistan
00:42 Taking a Soviet Uzbek train to Samarkand
03:39 Why Samarkand city is special for me
04:45 Looking for my dad's trail...
07:28 Exploring Samarkand
08:24 Pilaf time
10:07 Life in Uzbekistan during USSR and after its collapse
12:35 Staying with an Uzbek family
14:02 The biggest bazaar in the region
14:49 Mountains and some thoughts...
📌elinabakunova.com - check out my Russian Speaking Club & other projects here!
🔸What can you find on my channel?
👉🏻visiting different republics and regions of Russia
👉🏻Russian culture explained! (facts that you won't find on google) youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeQTCVW4juG8wDADr0OqmPLnv1mfnoYkr
👉🏻traveling elsewhere & my impressions of other countries as a Russian
📍 More videos:
youtu.be/fDEdRmOU-hI - This Used to Be a CLOSED Country! | I visited my family in Central Asia
youtu.be/_0lql3prvnI - Staying in a Russian village with my dad | How we heat the house in winter
youtu.be/wE6EchFozAY - Is this THE MOST UNDERRATED COUNTRY in Central Asia? See why!
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📸instagram.com/elibakunova?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= - more content about Russia, traveling, and my daily life
🤍 patreon.com/elifromrussia - if you feel like supporting my channel through Patreon
