This is the motherland of Amir Timur. By order of Timur the town was surrounded with high walls, the town gates were equipped with drawbridges. Gumbazi Seyyidan Mausoleum and Kok-Gumbaz mosque were built during the reign of Ulugbek. The Art Gallery in Nukus , the capital of Karakalpakstan, in the west of the country, has the best collection of Russian avant-garde art outside St Petersburg. This is the place where everyone who loves fast and dangerous skiing can find everything they need to have a real good time.
Many people gather here in the winter to spend their holidays and weekends.
Comfortable hotels, camping, restaurants, rental service of skis and other skiing equipment, everything here is ready to provide tourists with high quality service. It takes an hour or more to get here from Tashkent. Xuan-Zang visited Central Asia on his way from China to India. His description of this rich and fascinating land impressed his contemporaries. So far several Buddhist historical places has been discovered in Uzbekistan.