The Uzbeks (Uzbek: Oʻzbek, Ўзбек, اوزبک, plural: Oʻzbeklar, Ўзбеклар, اوزبکلر) are a Turkic ethnic group native to wider Central Asia, being the largest Turkic ethnic group in the area.They comprise the majority population of Uzbekistan but are also found as a minority group in: Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Russia, and China.

Russia lost former territories of the Russian Empire with about 30 million inhabitants after the Russian Revolution of 1917 (Poland: 18 million; Finland: 3 million; Romania: 3 million; the Baltic states: 5 million and Kars to Turkey: 400 thousand).At least 2 million citizens of the former Russian Empire died in the course of the Russian Civil War of 1917–1923, and a further 1 to 2 …

Abbas I (Persian: عباس یکم; 27 January 1571 – 19 January 1629), commonly known as Abbas the Great (شاه عباس بزرگ), was the 5th Safavid Shah (king) of Iran, and is generally considered one of the greatest rulers of Iranian history and the Safavid dynasty.He was the third son of Shah Mohammad Khodabanda.. Although Abbas would preside over the apex of Safavid Iran's …

The Turkic peoples are a collection of diverse ethnic groups of Central, East, North, South and West Asia as well as parts of Europe, who speak Turkic languages.. The origins of the Turkic peoples has been a topic of much discussion. Recent linguistic, genetic and archaeological evidence suggests that the earliest Turkic peoples descended from agricultural communities …

Uzbek or Uzbekistani may refer to: . Something of, from, Uzbekistan a double-landlocked country in Asia Uzbeks, an ethnic group; Uzbek language; Uzbek cuisine; Uzbek culture; Uzbeg (Ozbeg) Khan (1282–1341, r. 1313-1341), the khan of the Golden Horde of the Mongol Empire; Muzaffar al-Din Uzbek or Özbeg ibn Muhammad Pahlawan, last ruler of the Eldiguzids.; See also ...

Most expatriates in the United Arab Emirates reside in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, UAE. A number of immigrants settled in the country prior to independence. The UAE is home to over 192 nationalities. Emiratis constitute roughly 20% of the total population, making UAE home to one of the world's highest percentage of expatriates. Indians and Pakistanis form the largest …

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The Amu Darya (also called the Amu, Amo River and historically known by its Latin name Oxus or Greek Ὦξος) is a major river in Central Asia and Afghanistan.Rising in the Pamir Mountains, north of the Hindu Kush, the Amu Darya is formed by the confluence of the Vakhsh and Panj rivers, in the Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve on the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan, and …

Almost the entire population of Madagascar is an about equal admixture of South East Asian (Indonesian), primarily from Borneo, and Bantu-speaking settlers primarily from the mainland at Mozambique. Years of intermarriages created the Malagasy people, who primarily speak Malagasy, an Austronesian language with Bantu influences.. South Africa

On the morning of May 24, Briton Ian Woodall, South African Cathy O'Dowd, and several more Uzbeks encountered Francys Arsentiev while on their way to the summit. She was found where she had been left the evening before. Sergei Arsentiev's ice axe and rope were identified nearby, but he was nowhere to be found. ...