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Church of the Protection of the Mother of God, Samarkand
A working Orthodox church in the Russian part of Samarkand, built of fired brick with a tall bell tower; closed in 1930 and reopened in 1998.
St George's Church, Samarkand
A working Russian Orthodox church in Samarkand, set in a converted L-shaped brick house with an iconostasis and old church furnishings.
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About the place
St George's is a parish of the Russian Orthodox diocese of Tashkent. After an earlier church was closed in the Soviet period, the congregation moved to a cemetery chapel and then to a brick house nearby, built in the shape of an L, which was fitted out as a church and has been in use since.
Inside are an iconostasis and a collection of church plate, and the grounds hold several other rooms, including the cell of a former priest. The building was thoroughly repaired in the 2010s. Services follow the Orthodox calendar, and the parish feast is on 6 May.
Why go
- A living Orthodox parish of Samarkand
- Iconostasis and old church furnishings
- Parish feast day on 6 May
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Samarkand Regional Museum of Local Lore (Kalantarov House)
The regional history museum, housed since 1981 in the lavish mansion of the merchant Abram Kalantarov, built in 1902–1916.
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Hamid Olimjon Music and Drama Theatre, Samarkand
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