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Title: Честно про Узбекистан (отзыв русского путешественника) | Podcast for Learning Russian with subs
Caption: It's noisy there, it's uncomfortable there, there are huge roads - like highways, and ...
You always need to look for some quiet places.
Friends, hello to all from the Siberian forest!
This is the Russian Progress channel - a project for learning the Russian
language in a natural way - through content in Russian.
And today I would like to tell you about Uzbekistan, well, more precisely
about the capital of Uzbekistan - Tashkent, to share my impressions.
I was there a month ago for the first time.
It happened quite spontaneously.
And today I will tell you how it came out and what I think about this city.
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And we are starting!
I have prepared a small plan of what I will talk about.
And initially, I would like to tell you about my
expectations in general - that is, what I expected from Tashkent, yes, from Uzbekistan.
Well, for starters, I always wanted to go… Well, I didn’t always want to go to Uzbekistan,
but at the moment when I visited the most interesting countries for me - these are European countries - I began to be
more interested in what surrounds my country: what is around, something less
exotic, but more familiar - that is, familiar architecture, familiar orders.
Yes, with its own specifics, but still quite recently it was one country.
So...
And the post-Soviet countries interested me.
Well, since the moment of the pandemic, in fact, I have been actively traveling around Russia,
and before that I had also been in Belarus and Armenia.
By the way, I haven't talked about Armenia yet.
Perhaps I will.
So yeah.
In general, I always cherished this idea that I would go somewhere to Uzbekistan,
see some local flavor, grab some local flavor.
First of all, I wanted to see the historical part.
Well, of course, the capital plus Samarkand, Bukhara and so on - all these places.
And here I am in Thailand for more than a month.
And I need to return home to Russia already, and I look back for tickets.
The fact is that now there are very few offers in terms of flights and great demand.
As a result, prices are high.
And to Russia… Well, I looked at the tickets.
Firstly, I had to fly with one or two connecting flights.
Plus it cost around a thousand (1.000) dollars.
So...
I started looking at options nearby.
That is, some countries nearby: first Kazakhstan, then some other countries.
Well, in the end I looked at Uzbekistan - Tashkent.
And I found an option there for five hundred (500) dollars - a return ticket without connecting flights.
And that's it, I just took this ticket and thought that ... “Everything is nearby,
like, Alma-Ata, Bishkek are near - I’ll just look at these three cities,
I will have two new countries: Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.
But not everything was as I expected.
Because the distance there is much more than I thought.
But in any case, yes, I took this ticket, flew in.
Well, then I already thought [that] along the way I would somehow get there, at the same time I would look at these cities.
I love, in fact, spontaneous trips - that is, when you come to some
place and stay there not for how long you should be, but for as long as you want.
Well, that's all, in fact, that's why I ended up in Uzbekistan.
So, spontaneously, unexpectedly, I visited a new country for myself.
That is, I flew to Uzbekistan,
and here I want to tell you the first story related to the currency.
That is… I had dollars and a few rubles with me.
I thought that when I arrived at the airport, I would just go to the exchange office and exchange money there
for the first day there for two days there, I don’t know, for the first time, in short, I would exchange money for myself.
But I arrive, I find myself at the airport, and there are no exchangers,
it is even impossible to take (buy) a sim card (sim card).
That is, there is nothing there - just an airport without services:
without food, without anything (everything) at all, without any SIM cards, without any exchangers.
Here.
It was amazing, I have never seen anything like it.
Moreover, it is the capital.
Well, in short, here it is.
I think what to do, because I don't have internet, I don't have local money.
And, in general, I go out, and then a taxi driver comes up and says:
“Honey, where do you [go]? Let me give you a ride,” in Russian.
There, well, as if English is still not very popular, I think.
Well, it's like a plus, on the contrary, it's good, it's not like some kind of minus.
In short, here.
A taxi driver comes up, starts offering his services, and I ask him: “Can I get there for rubles?”
He says, “Yes, you can.
Five hundred (500) rubles, please.”
And that's it, and I drove for five hundred rubles.
Well, that is, it’s not a lot of money at all, and I paid in rubles in Uzbekistan.
I mean, I liked this moment.
Then, when I was already checking in, there was an exchanger nearby, and I thought: “Well, first I’ll go to the
exchanger, change money, then I’ll check in, I need to pay right away.”
I go to the bank, and there they say that they have some kind of technical problem.
I settled not in the very center, so there were no more banks there.
Well, that's all, and I go, in short, to the hotel and say
that, well, I don't have local money yet, I only have dollars.
They are like: "Well, we can accept in dollars."
And that's it, and I paid for the hotel in dollars.
That is, for a taxi - in rubles, for a hotel - in dollars.
Everything, and settled satisfied.
It was about five in the evening.
I take a break and go for a walk.
Here.
Walking around the city, I decided to walk to the center.
It's quite a long walk, I'm not located in the very center.
Well, while I was walking ... It’s not that I really liked [what I saw]: that is, such wide roads,
I didn’t see any of this metropolitan chic.
Here.
Well ... In general, I go, I go.
My goal was to go to the bank, change money to eat.
Because I haven't eaten yet, I still don't have local money.
In general, I go and go and ask the policemen along the way
where I can exchange money, where can I get a SIM card.
Then I thought about taking a sim card.
As a result, I did not take a SIM card anywhere.
Later I went to Kazakhstan.
Well, I'll talk about that another time.
All the police, of course, speak Russian,
and in general, well, I felt comfortable there with the Russian language.
That is, everyone can be addressed in Russian.
Well, you, probably, have already watched the video with the Dealer - he explains in detail how it works.
Well, that is why they still have Russian in use.
They have police there, by the way, every two hundred (200) meters stood,
I don’t know, guarded, kept order.
In general, I go myself, I see inscriptions in Uzbek along the way.
My attention is drawn to the fact that they have this
letter "x" (Latin - "x") is used as "ha".
Well, because they have two "ha": one is soft, the other is hard (they explained to me later).
Well, here it is.
In general, I go through several banks, and it turns out that the banks are already closed,
because they are open until six.
And it was a weekday, that is, it was not a day off.
Well, after Russia, this is unusual, because in Russia, usually, well,
at least until nine, probably, banks are open.
There were ATMs where I thought that I would just insert the card and get cash,
given that there was the emblem of the Mir card (Mir payment system).
But it was not there.
Well, that is, not one ... not one of these terminals, where the “Mir” emblem was, did not work.
That is... I don't know why they glue them - these emblems.
Because it’s impossible to withdraw money even in Uzbekistan with a Russian card.
Well, actually, I’m in such a not very good mood, I went through a lot, I was very tired, hungry, I
also had this flight, it’s already dark, it’s not so beautiful anymore, and, in principle,
aesthetics itself ... I I was at the Maxim Gorky station, that is, there is also such a market,
they sell something, some racks, layouts, in general, well, chaos, in short.
Here.
It's like I'm in Uzbekistan.
Well, I’m going back home to myself, I think: “Well, it’s okay, tomorrow ...
I’ll have to eat nothing today, but tomorrow I’ll change money and eat.”
Here.
There were such problems.
Well, in the end I go, go, go, go, do not lose hope.
I tried to pay by card - no, it does not work.
Russian cards are not accepted, nothing is withdrawn anywhere, nothing works.
As a result, I passed about ten, probably these ATMs.
I go to the eleventh (11) and see that it says "Currency Exchange".
And I'm trying to change a thousand (1,000) rubles (I had a thousand rubles).
And I don’t really even look at the exchange rate, I just exchange it for local money.
And I get one hundred thousand (100.000) soums (the local currency is soums).
Well, in principle, I’m already glad that I have at least some
money for some ... I can buy some piece of bread for myself.
Then I found out that the commission was somewhere around thirty (30) percent.
But this did not upset me, because on the way home I went to one institution where they served barbecue.
It was such a local, local institution - a smoky place
where men sit, drink vodka, eat meat, and ...
And I loved it.
That is exactly what I was looking for, this is what saved that evening.
I ate this barbecue.
I ordered tea.
They have very sweet tea, they immediately add sugar to it, although you just order green tea.
Here.
We [tea] would be simply tasteless.
Well, here it is.
Well, here it is.
I sat, watched TV - I'll tell you about TV later - and went to bed.
No, in my opinion, I also took some local biscuits and drank some tea.
At home.
No, I took samsa.
Well, okay, in short ...
In general, this is how I spent my first evening in Uzbekistan.
It was warm - I liked it.
Very friendly people, you can speak Russian without any problems - that is, everyone understands everything plus or minus.
Actually, I started my second day in this wonderful luxury hotel.
Okay, it was not that luxurious,
but you could spend the night there and leave your things and lock it up.
Here.
That is, it is just a separate room with a bathroom.
Here.
That's what I was looking for.
I started my day with common tea.
There we had a common area, or rather a kitchen, where people from all over the world gathered.
There were guys from Nepal, I think there were guys from Bangladesh too.
In general, there were a lot of people from this… this Indian region, and they,
probably, I don’t know whether they come to Uzbekistan to work or travel.
Well, those guys from Nepal - they traveled.
Well, in general, yes.
Such a cool atmosphere is that
I also talked with other people (with foreigners) and poured myself tea.
That is, there was a common tea ... I hope.
Well, I think no one was offended if he had a little tea for himself ...
Ah, well, that's it.
And I ate, had breakfast with this samsa, drank some tea and started
my wonderful sunny day in Uzbekistan.
I walked around in a sweater like this.
I did not need a jacket, although I had it with me, and the hat was with me.
Ah, well, yes.
And one more thing, [about] which I forgot to tell, - this is within the framework of
my first evening in Uzbekistan - always, when I arrive in some new place,
I turn on the TV and turn on the music channel
just to watch clips, listen to the local language, even see local advertisements.
It's always very interesting.
This is another such small simple way to somehow immerse yourself deeper in the local culture.
* music *
So I also recommend you: always turn on TVs in hotels - a music channel.
And when you go to the grocery store, try to buy some local products.
That is, do not take some network chips, some network cookies,
Chokopay or something else, some hype chocolates.
Take local.
That is, what you have not seen, and what is being produced here.
This will also allow you to immerse yourself even better in the local culture.
Second day.
The second day, thank God, I found friends there.
Alina, hello!
Hello!
In general, Alina, hello.
Thank you for showing me Uzbekistan, or rather Tashkent.
In general, I met a local man there,
we walked a lot, it was warm, we looked at the architecture.
In terms of architecture, this is a very rich city - just like any Soviet modernism.
There is a theory that the farther the republic was from Moscow,
the more liberties there were in terms of architecture.
Well, that is, in general, in the Soviet Union, from a certain moment there were
restrictions on some kind of architectural excesses (link - in the description), yes,
it was impossible to build, spend money on decoration, on some kind of beauty.
It was necessary just to have a box - functional and no decor.
Here.
But the farther you were from Moscow, the more freedom there was.
And precisely because of this, the architecture of the national republics
has a lot of any kind of ornament, a lot of some kind of national motifs.
And it's very beautiful.
That is, this is what you can look at,
what it is worth coming to Uzbekistan, to Georgia - well, in general, to the post-Soviet countries.
At the very least, yes?
That is, this unique architecture.
In Russia... I noticed that we didn't have these national motives.
That is, in Soviet times.
Well, maybe there were, but when you come to Dagestan, Georgia, Armenia,
Tajikistan, Tatarstan, and so on, you see everywhere these decorative elements (well, in
Soviet architecture), which reflect that something national, something connected with this people.
But here, I don’t know, you come to Pskov, and you just have Khrushchev boxes without any kind of decoration.
I didn't like this part either.
That is, I noticed what they were doing there for some reason, but we, the
Russians, seemed to have no culture, and ... Well, that is, there is no face, no culture.
Why is that?
Soviet Union, please explain.
In general, here.
This is about architecture.
It was interesting to see also something old.
We already looked more on the second day - that is, here are the old mosques,
ancient ones, from the sixteenth (16th) century, in my opinion.
Well, for this it is worth going to Bukhara and Samarkand.
I'm going to return to Uzbekistan and study it in more detail.
It was such an introductory tour, an introductory trip to the capital.
Well, I was here too (from the word “to walk”), arrived,
got tired, took local cookies, drank wonderful tea and bainki - went to bed.
Well, of course, I shared stories there on Instagram.
Follow me on Instagram by the way.
Whenever I travel, I practically publish [posts] on the same day, share
these visual impressions of mine on Instagram.
So subscribe, because, well, so that you don't have a month of delay there.
And in general, I don’t tell about all the countries where I visit, not about all the cities.
The second day I started in a coworking space.
I needed to work - to conduct a lesson.
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In general, up to you!
Yes, the second day I had classes, and they offered me ...
I was recommended such a coworking there.
I came.
Well, in general, there is something, yes, some establishments.
Not a lot of trendy caffeine.
That is, in Kazakhstan there are already more of them.
Well, I generally keep quiet about Russia.
That is, this one here is a coffee shop ... So, in general, we still went to some kind of fast food.
Well, something local-local [visited].
That is, well, in institutions, to be honest, I didn’t notice something super-wow there.
At least when it comes to interiors.
In terms of food, everything was delicious, too.
Well, that's what I remember on the second day ... We first met with Firdavs
- a polyglot, my friend from Uzbekistan,
with whom we first met in the Crimea (if you haven’t watched the video, watch it), and ... Here.
We met in his hometown, in Tashkent.
We walked and chatted.
Firdavs, hello, if you're watching!
What else is interesting?
Well, I also went to such a district - the private sector - I love places where life is in full swing.
There were children running around playing football, [there were] some cats,
some grandfathers, grandmothers, in general,
these stretched umbrellas from the sun between the houses - just the maximum immersion in culture.
Well, the third day... On the third day I was going to go to Kazakhstan - to [the city] Shymkent.
I looked there on the go just options, how would I get there further.
Of course, I wanted to immediately go to Bishkek, then to Alma-Ata,
but it didn’t work out - the distance was too long, there were simply no tickets.
That is, it’s not like in Russia: today you sit down,
look at the evening just for yourself a ticket there or two hours ahead.
You need to plan and watch two or three days in advance, because
trains do not run as often as in Russia, for example.
Here.
Therefore, I calculated that it is more profitable, probably, it is better to first [get] to the nearest
city to Kazakhstan, and from Kazakhstan it will already be cheaper [to move around Kazakhstan], right?
That is, it will be cheaper [to get] to Alma-Ata from Shymkent than from Tashkent to Alma-Ata.
Although, well, it's the same route.
Well, actually, I wanted to get to Shymkent there,
but I didn’t calculate the time and missed the train.
And I thought: “Damn. Kapets! And now what i can do?".
Because I took - already took - a ticket from Shymkent to Alma-Ata.
So I had to be on time.
There, of course, there was time, but still.
In the end, I leave the station for myself.
Well, more precisely, they didn’t even let me into the station.
And I look, there the taxi driver says something like: “Where are you going, dear?”.
I say: "I'm up to the border."
Well, that's all.
I was taken to the border there for literally twenty (20) dollars.
Here.
And that's it.
And so I ended up in Kazakhstan.
But that's a completely different story.
What can I say about Uzbekistan?
I would say that it is very warm there in every sense.
That is, it is warm outside, and warm in terms of the atmosphere, and in terms of communication with people.
It's very tasty, it's quite pleasant.
The only thing is the city itself - it is quite noisy, it has a Soviet layout.
That is, wide roads… In principle, I don’t like the Soviet street layout,
because it’s noisy there, it’s uncomfortable there, there are huge roads – the roads are easy,
and you always need to look for some quiet places.
I immediately like quiet, normal,
adequate, calm cities (like Krasnodar, for example).
Here.
But at the same time, yes, you can see interesting modernist Soviet architecture there.
I am still going to Uzbekistan.
Very interesting.
In general, Uzbekistan created such an impression - a mixture of the Soviet Union and Turkey.
That is, they connected it somehow, you see some moments that
look like Turkey, and, of course, you see a lot of things that
look like the Soviet Union (because until quite recently it was the Soviet Union).
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