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Holy Trinity St Nicholas Convent
Tashkent's only monastery, an Orthodox convent whose community dates from 1893 and which was refounded in 1991 around the Holy Trinity church.
Bakht Lake
A man-made lake in old gravel pits by the Chirchiq river on Tashkent's south-eastern edge, kept as a park for swimming and picnics.
Nature1973–1975
About the place
Bakht, "happiness", and its twin lake Rokhat across the river were created in 1973–1975 by flooding worked-out sand and gravel pits with water from the Chirchiq. Bakht covers about 27 hectares, is some 900 metres long and up to 10 metres deep.
In Soviet years a tram line ran out along the Akhangaran highway and the lakes drew crowds from the city. It lies in Bektemir district, just east of the highway.
Why go
- Swimming and picnics close to the city
- Twin of Rokhat lake across the Chirchiq
- A Soviet-era leisure spot
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St Alexander Nevsky Church, Tashkent
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Church of St Hermogenes, Tashkent
A small working Orthodox parish church tucked into a mahalla in north-east Tashkent, consecrated in 1956.
Museums8 km away
Tashkent Museum of Railway Equipment
Uzbekistan's only railway museum, an open-air yard of steam, diesel and electric locomotives opened in 1989, with rides on an old train around the grounds.