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Russian-Chinese Bank Building
A late-19th-century bank building on University Boulevard in the European part of Samarkand, now part of Samarkand State University.
University Boulevard
Tree-lined boulevard of Samarkand's 19th-century new town, laid out in 1871–1872, with a protected Lebanon cedar and old public buildings.
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About the place
University Boulevard was laid out in 1871–1872 as the main promenade of the Russian new town, south-west of the Amir Timur statue. Formerly called Abramov and later Gorky Boulevard, it first ran for about a kilometre; the street today is about 2.3 km. The gardener Mikhail Nevessky planted it with trees that still shade it.
One Lebanon cedar here is protected as a natural monument. Along the way stand the governor's house of 1874, the former Russo-Chinese Bank and the women's gymnasium of 1904. An hour's stroll in the evening, when locals come out to walk, shows a very different Samarkand from the Registan.
Why go
- Promenade laid out in 1871–1872
- Lebanon cedar protected as a natural monument
- Governor's house of 1874
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