This article from the series of “Spotlights” for the department of Russian and East European Studies at The University of Pennsylvania reminds us of the great ecological disaster of the Aral Sea in Uzbekistan. Another one of my stops on my Silk Route Journey across Central Asia in 2012. A sobering place empty of life an so sad to know that this has happened in my own lifetime. A very poignant place on my journey for me.

You can read it in full here; https://rees.sas.upenn.edu/about/spotlight/ships-graveyard-moynaq-uzbekistan

This article from the series of “Spotlights” for the department of Russian and East European Studies at The University of Pennsylvania is a look at The Najmeddin Kubra Mausoleum, which I visited myself on my “Silk route Journey” in 2012. It was one of the many historical sites I visited during my time in Uzbekistan.

You can see it direct here; https://rees.sas.upenn.edu/about/spotlight/najmeddin-kubra-mausoleum-uzbekistan

This article from the series of “Spotlights” for the department of Russian and East European Studies at The University of Pennsylvania shows us the beautiful and stunning colour and shape of the Jeti-Oguz Canyon known as the; Seven Bulls Rocks.

You can visit it here ; https://rees.sas.upenn.edu/about/spotlight/seven-bulls-jeti-oguz-kyrgyzstan

This next article from the series of “Spotlights” for the department of Russian and East European Studies at The University of Pennsylvania takes a look at The Independence Monument  in Tashkent’s Independence square  in the city centre.

You can read it directly on it’s home page here; https://rees.sas.upenn.edu/about/spotlight/independence-monument-tashkent-uzbekistan

This next article from the series of “Spotlights” for the department of Russian and East European Studies at The University of Pennsylvania focusses on the The Kyrgyz National Philharmonic Building, which  is situated in the heart of Bishkek.

You can view it in full here;https://rees.sas.upenn.edu/about/spotlight/kyrgyz-national-philharmonic-bishkek-kyrgyzstan

Next in the series of “Spotlights” for the department of Russian and East European Studies at The University of Pennsylvania is the  The Tilla Kori Maddrassah in the Registan complex in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

You can visit this article direct at; https://rees.sas.upenn.edu/about/spotlight/tilla-kori-madrassah-uzbekistan