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National Park Lake (former Komsomol Lake), Tashkent

A small artificial lake on the Ankhor canal inside Tashkent's National Park, with two islands joined to the shore by bridges.

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About the place

Until the late 1920s Tashkent had no public lake for swimming or boating. This one, long known as Komsomol Lake, was the first recreational reservoir created under the city's master plan. It covers about 9 hectares, is 1.5 to 6 metres deep and stretches from south-west to north-east.

Two islands are linked to the banks by bridges, and the lake now lies within the Alisher Navoi National Park, so it is easy to combine with the Navoi monument and the Alley of Writers. The old name dropped out of official use after independence but many locals still use it.

Why go

  • Island bridges in the middle of the city
  • Inside the National Park
  • Tashkent's first planned leisure lake

Sources (3)

  1. 1.Wikidata
  2. 2.ru.wikipedia.org
  3. 3.uz.wikipedia.org

Nearby

  • Alisher Navoi National ParkNature

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    Alisher Navoi National Park

    A large central Tashkent park with a lake, a hilltop rotunda over the statue of Alisher Navoi and an alley of writers.

  • Hamid Olimjon MonumentEnsembles

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    Hamid Olimjon Monument

    A bronze statue of the Uzbek poet Hamid Olimjon on the Alley of Writers in Tashkent's Alisher Navoi National Park.

  • Alisher Navoi MonumentEnsembles

    Under 1 km away

    Alisher Navoi Monument

    A bronze figure of the poet Alisher Navoi under a turquoise-domed rotunda on the highest point of Tashkent's National Park.

  • Oybek MonumentEnsembles

    1 km away

    Oybek Monument

    A seated granite-and-copper statue of the writer Oybek on the Alley of Writers in Tashkent's National Park, facing the Navoi monument.