Kogon, Uzbekistan

Kogon, Uzbekistan
Kogon (until 1935 ) is a district-level city in Bukhara Region in Uzbekistan. It is also the seat of Kogon District, but not part of it.
History
The city was named Yangi Buxoro (New Bukhara) until 1935.
The city has a railway station, Bukhara-1, serving the city of Bukhara, which is located 12 km from Kogon. In 1990 construction of long-distance trolleybus line Bukhara - Kogon started, but later it was discontinued.
The Russian Empire sought to connect new lands with the center of the empire with modern trade routes faster. The most perfect solution to this problem was the construction of railroads.
Kogon was founded as the Russian settlement New Bukhara for railroad workers.
Built in 1888 in 12 kilometers from Bukhara to serve stations and tracks on the Trans-Caspian railway, the settlement eventually became a kind of embassy town.
In those days, land plots for the construction of residential houses were sold from the Bukhara government at a price of about 50 kopecks (3 Bukhara tenge) per square fathom.
In addition to residential houses of the railroad employees, it housed a special institution managing diplomatic relations between the Russian Empire and the Bukhara Emirate.
In 1890 there were already several transportation offices, several stores and postal and telegraph office.
In 1892 an orthodox church was established, a parish school was opened and a magistrate's court was founded. In 1894 was opened a branch of the State Bank, and then a customs house.
On August 14, 1895, by order of Emir Said Abd al-Ahad Khan, construction of a new palace began in connection with the expected visit of the Russian Emperor to Turkestan.
The palace was designed by Alexey Leontievich Benois. The construction was completed in 1898 by Bukharan and Russian craftsmen under the guidance of engineer Dubrovin. In 1910 the Kogon butter factory started its activity.
In the years of establishment of Soviet power in Central Asia and Turkestan Kogon was in the center of stormy revolutionary events.
Commander of the Turkestan Front Mikhail Frunze attached great importance to the Kogon garrison units in the operation to liquidate the Bukhara Emirate.
They were entrusted with the capture of Bukhara, where the main enemy forces were concentrated. Kogon group went on the offensive on August 29, 1920 and fulfilled the task.
The settlement, located in the Kogon area at an altitude of 235 meters above sea level, soon became a town of European type.
Since 1935, New Bukhara has been called Kogon.
Population
The town population in 1989 was 48,054. It has an area of .
Economy
On May 23, 1961, by order of the leadership of the Main Directorate of the Gas Industry under the Council of Ministers of the USSR, Directive No. 123 was established in the city for the Bukhara-Ural gas pipeline and launched in 1966.
Located 40 kilometers from Kagan is the Kagan Gas Field Group, consisting of four areas: Sary-Tash, Karaul-Bazar, Jarkak, and Setalan-Tepe. There are also oil and fat processing plants as well as cotton cleaning factories. On May 16, 2011, the opening of the KNAUF Gypsum Bukhara factory for the production of KNAUF boards took place.
Education
In 1902, the 1st Tatar school was opened in New Bukhara.
Religion
The city has 2 Sunni mosques (Alisher Navoi and Shom) and 1 Shiite mosque (Zirabad) "Abdullah bin Mubarak" mosque, 1 Orthodox church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, and a former synagogue building.
Transport
At the beginning of the 20th century, a narrow-gauge railway was constructed between Bukhara and New Bukhara (Kagan) using funds provided by the Emir of Bukhara. In 1922, the railway station in Kagan was renamed Bukhara I and the terminal station located 12 kilometers from Kagan (in the city of Bukhara itself) became known as Bukhara II. Between the stations Bukhara I and Bukhara II, a suburban train operated under the colloquial name "Bukharka" until the 1960s. Since the 1960s, only freight transportation has been available in this section (passenger service briefly resumed in 1994). In 1990, construction began on an intercity trolleybus line from Bukhara to Kagan, but later the construction was put on hold and never resumed.
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References
Populated places in Bukhara Region
Cities in Uzbekistan