of the semiautonomous republic of Karakalpakstan before it became part of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic during the 1930s. His country doesn’t yet have a single wind farm, but that hasn’t ...

One marvel after another, buildings in Uzbekistan’s capital city whiz ... a 2011 architectural survey of 14 former Soviet ...

Officially known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), the state was made up of 15 republics – including Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Belorussia, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan ...

On Dec. 30, 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or USSR ... Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Its leaders through the years — either dictators or secretary generals of the ...