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Hamza House Museum

A Kokand museum devoted to the poet and playwright Hamza Hakimzoda Niyoziy, housed in a 1989 building by architect S. Sutyagin.

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About the place

Hamza Hakimzoda Niyoziy (1889–1929) was born in Kokand and became one of the first Uzbek playwrights and a pioneer of modern Uzbek literature and theatre. He also founded new-method schools and wrote songs and poems. He was killed in Shohimardon in 1929.

The museum building in his home city opened in 1989 to a design by architect S. Sutyagin, and the museum is run by the Kokand museum-reserve. Its displays are devoted to Hamza's life, writing and stage work. It sits in the old centre near the Kamol Qozi madrasa, so it fits easily into a walk around Kokand; plan on about forty minutes.

Why go

  • Life of a founding Uzbek playwright
  • 1989 building by S. Sutyagin
  • Short walk from Kokand's old madrasas

Sources (2)

  1. 1.en.wikipedia.org
  2. 2.ru.wikipedia.org

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