Things to do in Kokand
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Juma Mosque
Kokand's most impressive mosque, built in the early 19th century, is centred on a 22m minaret and includes a huge, colourful aivan (arched portico) supported by 98 red-wood columns brought from India. Ten more columns are in the mosque itself. The entire complex has reverted to its former Soviet guise as a museum , with one room housing a collection of suzani and ceramics from the region. Admission includes a free tour in Russian.
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Khan's Palace
The Khan's Palace, with seven courtyards and 114 rooms, was completed in 1873 –just three years before the tsar's troops arrived, blew up its fortifications and abolished Khudoyar Khan's job. He fled – not from the Russians but from his own subjects. Indeed he fled to the Russians at Orenburg and a comfortable exile (he was later killed by bandits as he returned through Afghanistan from a pilgrimage to Mecca).
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Sahib Mian Hazrat Medressa
From the Uzbektourism office on Khamza, walk five minutes down Muqimi to the truncated remnants of the large 19th-century Sahib Mian Hazrat Medressa, where the great Uzbek poet and ‘democrat' Mohammedamin Muqimi (1850–1903) lived and studied for the last 33 years of his life. There is a small museum in Muqimi's old room, which contains a few of his personal belongings, plus Arabic calligraphy by Muqimi himself.
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Jayhun Chaikhana
This popular chaikhana (teahouse) next to the Hotel Kokand tends to close early along with the small bazaar nearby, but during daylight hours it's the best option in town.
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Istanbul
This quasi-fast-food eatery is the only option in town after about 19:00. Its sausage-and-egg breakfast is a godsend for those staying at the Hotel Kokand.
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