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Jarkurgan Minaret
The lower part of a brick minaret north of Termez, whose shaft is made of close-set vertical ribs unlike any other minaret in the region.
St Alexander Nevsky Church, Termez
A brick Russian Orthodox garrison church in Termez, built to a standard design for military churches in Turkestan and reopened in 1990.
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About the place
This church was built for the Russian garrison in Termez to a standard plan for military churches drawn up in 1901 by Fyodor Verzhbitsky and Fyodor Smirnov; the same plan was used for churches elsewhere in Turkestan. It first served the 9th Turkestan Rifle Regiment and was dedicated to St Alexis, then rededicated to St Alexander Nevsky in 1910.
After it closed in the late 1920s the bell tower was pulled down, and the building was used as an arms store, a military hospital and a gym. It was consecrated again in 1990 and is an active parish of the Tashkent diocese today.
Why go
- A rare surviving garrison church of Russian Turkestan
- Built to a 1901 standard design
- An active Orthodox parish in the far south
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