Notes

tajikstan
-> wrestling, chavgonbozi (polo sport)
-> good poetry in persian.
-> shah nameh (book of kings) by ferdozi for sultan muhmud of ghazni
-> tajik aluminium company (largest aluminium plant)
-> (tajik; main ethnic group, stan; land of)
-> 7 main ethnic groups
-> cotton is an important crop
-> Tajik, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Russian, and other regional language.
->Tajik society enjoyed the arts like opera, ballet, musical comedy and puppetry at regional theatres across the country.

krgyzstan
-> mountainous region
-> 12 ethnic groups
-> one of the biggest farming industries.
-> one of largest gold deposits, kumtor gold mine
-> official lang: kyrgz
-> Enjoyed cultural sports
-> (kyrgz (turkish term) ; 40, stan (persian term) ; land of)
-> Agriculture, trade, and payment/remittances from foreign workers dominates.
-> Cotton, tobacco, wool, dairy products, animal feed (like hay), potatoes, vegetables, and sugar from beets represent the majority of the products grown in the agriculture sector.
-> Described as a democratic unicameral republic, with a president, prime minister, parliament and judicial branch.

turkmenistan
-> main ethnic groups; turkmen, uzbek, russian
-> main religion is islam
-> four languages were used in Turkmenistan literature; Arabic, Latin, Cyrillic, and Turkmen
-> its a Presidential Republic
-> Turkmenistan’s major trading partners are China, Turkey, Russia, UAE. A majority of its IMPORTS come from these countries as well as Germany and South Korea.
-> Its main IMPORTS are machinery and equipment, vehicles, metals, and chemical products.
-> 87% of Turkmenistan’s EXPORTS are directed to China, with Azerbaijan and Turkey representing 2%.
-> World’s fourth largest reserves of natural gas and oil reserves can be found here. 1,800 natural gas pipelines between Turkmenistan and China.
-> Turkmenistan exports oil and natural gas to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.

Uzbekistan;
-> Since the 4th century the silk industry been running in Uzbekistan
-> Uzbekistan develop its new constitution in 1991 (again _-_)
-> Uzbekistan’s main product is cotton. But oil, natural gas, coal, silk, fruit are also their other products. Some manufactured goods such as machines, cement, fertilizer and textiles are exported.
-> The main EXPORT partners are Switzerland, China, Turkey, and Kazakhstan, while its main IMPORT partners are China, Russia, South Korea, and Kazakhstan.
-> Indian, Persian, Turkish regions have influen ced Uzbekistan’s literature and poetry
-> Senate and Legislative Chamber is the legislative power held in Uzbekistan.
-> Ulügh Beg found a large observatory in Samarkand.