Faizulla Khodjaev House

The house belonged to a wealthy merchant family. Their son Faizulla Khodjaev joined the reform movement against the emir and became head of the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic after 1920, and later of the government of Soviet Uzbekistan, before being executed in Stalin's purges in 1938.

The visit is less about politics than about how a well-off Bukhara family lived: separate courtyards for guests and for the household, a summer room open to the yard, and reception rooms with painted wooden ceilings, carved plaster niches and textiles. It gives a good sense of the old town's houses, most of which are private and closed to visitors.