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	AllRefer.com - Fergana Valley (CIS And Baltic Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		The Fergana Valley, consisting partly of the very fertile Karakalpak steppe and partly of desert land, is drained by the Syr Darya River and by numerous mountain streams, which are fed by snowfields and glaciers in the mountains.
		According to ancient Chinese sources, the Fergana Valley was a major center of Central Asia as early as the 4th cent.
		Russian conquest of the Fergana Valley was completed in 1876; the region was then made part of a much larger unit called Fergana, which was a province of Russian Turkistan.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/F/FerganaV.html (597 words)

	Ferghana Valley. The serenade of Golden Valley. Ferghana Andijan Namangan Kokand --- Sairam Tourism
		Fergana was growing slowly, for a long time being used as a big "work-place" for the military and officials.
		At the beginning of the 20th century Namangan was the second city in Fergana valley as regards number of population and volumes of cotton processing.
		Fergana valley - the vast prosperous oasis with the most fertile lands in Central Asia and the finest climate - is rightly called Golden Valley.
	www.sairamtour.com /uzbekistan/uz_05_07.html (1920 words)

	Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Fergana has been a center for oil production in the Fergana Valley since the region's first oil refinery was built near the city in 1908.
		The Fergana Valley was the most important irrigated-cotton region of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
		Fergana was founded as a garrison town by the Russians after they captured the khanate of Kokand.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /fergana_valley.htm (196 words)

	Fergana Valley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Fergana Valley or Ferghana Valley (Uzbek: Farg‘ona vodiysi, Kyrgyz: Фергана өрөөнү, Tajik: водии Фaрғонa, Russian: Ферганская долина, Persian: دشت فرغانه‎) is a region in the Tian Shan mountain ranges of Central Asia spreading across eastern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
		Under the Khans of Kokand in the 18th century the valley formed the nucleus of an independent khanate, whilst later under Russian rule in the 19th century Ferghana was a province to itself, with large areas of the Pamirs included.
		The valley owes its fertility to two rivers, the Naryn and the Kara Darya, which unite in the valley, near Namangan, to form the Syr Darya.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fergana_Valley (2495 words)

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		The awakening of national conscience and national self-identification in Fergana should be viewed through the prism of the renaissance of Islam, which traditionally pervades all the spheres of spiritual and daily life of the people of the valley.
		However, Fergana’s fundamentalists from among the nascent radical religious movements, who were at first actively behind Muhammad Sadik, saw in those calls encroachments on their ‘religious rights’ and began to show their disaffection with what they increasingly thought was a ‘liberal’ position of the head of the Spiritual Board.
		Most people live in the south of the valley and on the flood plains in the upper reaches of the Syr Darya (the districts of Namangan, Margilan, Andizhan, Kokand) where the density of population is even greater.
	www.ca-c.org /dataeng/10.babadzh.shtml (5471 words)

	The Fergana Valley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In the geographical center of the valley is Fergana, the administrative center of the region.
		The architectural style of Fergana and the valley is a mixture of Central Asian and Russian.
		Kokand, 1 10 km north of Fergana, is the traditional religious center of the valley, with some interesting mosques and madrassahs from the 16th to 20th centuries.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/53/159.html (289 words)

	Fergana Valley - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		FERGANA VALLEY [Fergana Valley] or Ferghana Valley, region, 8,494 sq mi (22,000 sq km), divided among Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan.
		BC The introduction of silk raising from China, the development of cotton cultivation, and its favorable location astride the silk route between China and the Mediterranean stimulated the valley's growth.
		The crowded conditions in the valley contributed to ethnic violence in 1989-90, and Fergana has been one of the hot spots of post-USSR Central Asia.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-ferganav.html (710 words)

	Gateway to Land and Water Information: Kyrgizstan national report
		The valley is fringed with the slopes of the Kungey-Alatoo mountain range on the south.
		On the north the valley is surrounded by the Zaalayski mountain range, the slopes of which are drier and severely cut by rut.
		The soils of piedmont valleys are exposed to water (irrigation) erosion; soils in the western part of Issyk-Kul basin, in Kochkor and Alay valleys of Tash Rabat basin are exposed to wind erosion.
	www.fao.org /ag/agl/swlwpnr/reports/y_nr/z_kg/kg.htm (7763 words)

	Uzbekistan - Ferghana Valley
		Fergana is one of the most ancient centres of civilization.
		Fergana is a cultural and administrative centre of Fergana region.
		Whereas Fergana is relatively young, the history of other cities in the region goes back many centuries ago.
	stantours.com /uz_rg_fg.html (195 words)

	Fergana Valley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Fergana Valley (also Ferghana Valley) is a region of Central Asia spreading across Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
		The Ferghana valley was probably inhabited by Sogdians during the 1st millenium BCE.
		The valley owes its fertility to two rivers, the Naryn and the Karadarya, which unite within its confines, near Namangan, to form the Syr Darya.
	fergana-valley.kiwiki.homeip.net (955 words)

	The Construction of the Grand Fergana Canal, 1939 \| Photos by Mikhail Grachev
		Fergana is about 420 km east of Toshkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.
		Since then more refineries have been added, and Fergana is one of the most important centers of oil production and refining in Uzbekistan.
		The Fergana Valley was the most important irrigated cotton region of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
	katardat.org /russia/pictures/photos1939-Fergana.html (181 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Fergana
		Fergana Valley FERGANA VALLEY [Fergana Valley] or Ferghana Valley, region, 8,494 sq mi (22,000 sq km), divided among Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan.
		Fergana FERGANA [Fergana] or Ferghana, city (1989 pop.
		Al-Farghani was born in Farghana, Transoxania (present-day Fergana, Uzbekistan), and died in Egypt.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Fergana (503 words)

	Andijan - Historical Background
		Andijan is the center of the homonymous area in Fergana Valley (the eastern part of Uzbekistan).
		After the establishment of Russian authority in Fergana Valley Andijan became one of the main centers of national liberation movement under the leadership of Sufi sheikhs (for example, Adijan uprising of 1898 under the leadership of Madali-Ishan).
		After the Islamic movement of Fergana Valley openly came against the government, a part of its activists left Uzbekistan and settled down in neighboring countries.
	www.axisglobe.com /article.asp?article=75 (800 words)

	Fergana Valley at center of Central Asian unrest - World - The Washington Times, America's ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		So interwoven is the relationship between the people of the Fergana Valley, regardless of their citizenship, that a 1999 bank bombing in the Kyrgyz city of Osh resulted in the arrest and subsequent execution of two brothers from Andijan in Uzbekistan, a few hours' drive away.
		Uzbek settlements in the valley have been seeing small but frequent public protests in recent months, fueled by what the government's critics say is unremitting repression of observant Muslims and abuses of farmers and merchants' rights by local authorities.
		The Fergana Valley was once the ancient trading center of Central Asia, straddling the Silk Road that joined China to the Mediterranean.
	www.washtimes.com /world/20050715-100953-5238r.htm (587 words)

	The New Yorker : fact : content (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Tavildara Valley was one of the strongholds of the Islamicist guerrillas who fought against government troops during the civil war that was waged in Tajikistan from 1992 to 1997.
		Halfway down the valley on the left is a long, narrow gorge, at the end of which, in the village of Sangvor, is the fortified camp, logistics base, and permanent garrison of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
		Many Muslims in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and, later, the Fergana Valley were radicalized in madrasahs run by the Deobandis, members of a Sunni Islam revivalist sect that was established in British India in the nineteenth century.
	www.newyorker.com /fact/content/articles/020114fa_FACT (5840 words)

	Fergana Valley - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
		A single geographical and political unit for most of its history, it was only in the 1920s and 30s that the Ferghana valley was divided between three different countries (The Uzbek SSR, Kirghiz SSR and Tajik SSR).
		The valley owes its fertility to two rivers, the Naryn and the Kara-darya, which unite within its confines, near Namangan, to form the Syr Darya.
		The Ferghana valley was probably inhabited by Sogdians during the 1st millenium BC, but little more is known about this period.
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=334903 (2050 words)

	AllRefer.com - Fergana (CIS And Baltic Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Fergana or Ferghana[both: fyergunA´] Pronunciation Key, city (1989 pop.
		200,373), capital of Fergana region, E Uzbekistan, in the Fergana Valley.
		Founded in 1876 by the Russians as Novy Margelan, the city was renamed (1907) Skobelev and later (1924) Fergana.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/F/Fergana.html (173 words)

	ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » Enclaves III: The Fergana Valley (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		However, enclaves and exclaves in Fergana are on par with rocket science in terms of difficulty.
		The Fergana Valley’s enclaves and exclaves are still more troublesome than those in the Caucasus.
		On top of the 8 enclaves, the Fergana Valley’s bizarre and totally impractical division has ensured fighting between the three states and hampered their cooperation in cross-border issues such as water, energy, ethnic problems and overall security issues.
	www.cominganarchy.com.cob-web.org:8888 /archives/2005/12/23/enclaves-iii-the-fergana-valley (1517 words)

	Asia Times Online - The trusted source for news on Central Asia
		IMU supporters are basically impoverished farmers living in the Fergana Valley - in Uzbekistan a densely-populated area including the cities of Namangan, Andijan, Kokand and Fergana.
		The root of the modern problem is how the Soviet Union imposed on the valley a monoculture of cotton: the Fergana is still an endless succession of cotton fields fringed by mulberry trees and orchards and scattered villages.
		Innumerable proposals for the development of the Fergana Valley - for example by the United Nations Development Program or the Soros Foundation - have stressed the same point: this is an integrated area, a single valley where more than 10 million people live and interact, not three regions from three different states.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Central_Asia/EK25Ag01.html (2678 words)

	Focus on conflict prevention in Fergana valley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The people of the Fergana Valley remember all too well that the "Osh events" of 1990 - when about 2,000 people were killed in an orgy of inter-ethnic violence between Kyrgyz and Uzbek communities living in and around the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh - may yet return to haunt them.
		In the vast landmass that today is known as Central Asia, then peopled almost exclusively by nomads, the residents of the Fergana Valley were distinguished by their sedentary lifestyle.
		Moreover, expressing a fear she shares with other concerned parties, she warns that "tensions on the ground mean that the threat of local conflict is ever present".
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=28355 (1624 words)

	Uzbekistan - crisis and revolution - Generational Dynamics
		Andizhan is in the Fergana Valley on the border with southern Kyrgyzstan, where violent riots overthrew the government four months ago.
		The Fergana Valley Muslims have always lived together with Jews, most recently Russian Jews, and had little animosity toward Israel or the West.
		However, the Fergana Valley Muslims are now "identifying" with al Qaeda and other Muslim radicals with Middle Eastern roots, and so anti-American and anti-Israeli feelings are growing.
	www.generationaldynamics.com /cgi-bin/D.PL?d=ww2010.i.uzbek050514 (1151 words)

	Official web site of "Elena-tour" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The valley is very large in front of the canyon of the North Aflatun river.
		In the afternoon not a difficult crossing of the Kokuibel (3037 m) and further down to the valley of the Aksu river.
		We cross the Karakuldja pass (3161 m) and descend to the valley of the river North Karakuldja.
	www.elenatour.uz /horse/1.html (894 words)

	Fergana valley - Marjolein's Travel Blog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On the 50-minute flight to Fergana we even get a drink but the seats have no head rests and no folding tables, so a meal is out of the question.
		Touching down at Fergana airport, we see scarecrows in the sparse grass along the landing strip, obviously meant to keep birds away but I doubt they’re very successful.
		Osh, geographically still in the Fergana valley although thanks to Soviet administrators it’s part of Kyrgyzstan now, not Uzbekistan, is not far from the border.
	blog.iamback.com /place/Fergana_valley/a (731 words)

	Fergana Valley — FactMonster.com
		Fergana Valley or Ferghana Valley,region, 8,494 sq mi (22,000 sq km), divided among Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan.
		Fergana - Fergana or Ferghana, city (1989 pop.
		200,373), capital of Fergana region, E Uzbekistan, in the...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0818484.html (523 words)

	Fergana Valley Travel Guide Fergana History Fergana
		Among other valley cities Fergana is believed to be one of the most Uzbek ancient cities.
		Along the fringes of the valley are deposits of oil, natural gas, and iron ore. Cotton and silk milling and the manufacture of chemicals and cement are among the valley's important industries.
		The region was held in the 9th and 10th century by the Persian Samanid dynasty, in the 12th century by the Seljuk Turks of Khorezm, and in the 14th century by the Mongols under Genghis Khan.
	www.eastlinetour.com /fergana (538 words)

	Bob Kaiser and Lois Raimondo, The Volatile Fergana Valley
		The Uzbeks have mined parts of their border in the valley, and at least 60 peasants have died as a result.
		We spent only about five days in the valley, so are hardly experts, but we did talk to a lot of local people of many kinds, and no one we found is anticipating big trouble.
		But he never got to the Fergana Valley, and after the events of late 2001, the governments are confident now that they can keep the peace.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/53/161.html (3607 words)

	Fergana News
		Pinoy Punk Rock is the music that reflects the lively and chaotic world of the urban poor in an independent masterpiece titled Squatter Punk by the internationally award-winning director Khavn de la Cruz.
		A two-day working conference for the NGO "Approaches to resolving trafficking in human beings in Fergana valley [some Regions of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are located in the valley] - the role of...
		MOSCOW - The killing of a well-known religious leader by security forces this month in Kyrgyzstan has increased tensions in Central Asia's densely populated Fergana Valley, which is caught in a spiral of...
	www.topix.net /uz/fergana (672 words)

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