The Seamstresses’ Palace of Culture from the “Red Dawn” sewing factory was built in 1936 according to the design of architect V. Skornyakov in the traditions of the classical style.
Many generations of Tashkent residents
attended performances by actors (including those evacuated during World War
II), watched films, visited New Year trees, and later brought their children
and grandchildren to the same New Year celebrations here.
In the 1970s–1980s, the palace was named
after Indira Gandhi.
In the years of independence, the building has housed the Palace of Culture of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
In the mid-19th century, a wealthy Tatar entrepreneur named Sharafbay (Sharafiddin Bay) built a mos...
One of the oldest cafés in the city has preserved the unique taste of its signature “tapaka” chicke...
The Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus began construction in 1912 on the high ba...
The mosque was built in the 15th century near the grave of the righteous Ukkosh on the ancient Sama...