MuseumsUnder 1 km away
Alisher Navoi State Museum of Literature
A museum of Uzbek literature in central Tashkent, run by the Academy of Sciences, with medieval manuscripts, portraits and material on Alisher Navoi.
Youth Theatre of Uzbekistan
A Tashkent theatre founded in 1928 as the Russian Theatre of the Young Spectator, now staging plays for both young and adult audiences.
AttractionsFounded 1928
About the place
The theatre was founded on 30 April 1928 by a doctor, S. Etienne, and an artist, S. Malt, as Tashkent's Theatre of the Young Spectator; its first show, Uncle Tom's Cabin, played on 1 May 1928. It became a state theatre the following year and is one of the oldest in Central Asia.
In 1991 the director Nabi Abdurakhmanov took charge and brought in the company of his DARD studio theatre, and in 1998 the theatre took its present name. It has belonged to ASSITEJ since 1997, and its repertoire covers plays for teenagers, young people and adults.
Why go
- Founded in 1928, among Central Asia's oldest theatres
- Plays for young and adult audiences
- Member of ASSITEJ since 1997
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EnsemblesUnder 1 km away
Alisher Navoi Cinema Palace
A 1964 modernist cinema on Navoi Street in Tashkent, the first panoramic cinema in Central Asia and since 2026 part of a UNESCO World Heritage listing.
MausoleumsUnder 1 km away
Yunus Khan Mausoleum
A 15th-century Timurid-era mausoleum of the Moghul ruler Yunus Khan, Babur's grandfather, standing near the Sheikhantaur cemetery area.
MausoleumsUnder 1 km away
Sheikhantaur Complex
A group of tombs and mosques in central Tashkent around the grave of the 14th-century Sufi Sheikh Hovendi at-Tahur, with mausoleums from the 15th century.