History: The Russians by nepalgoods
In 1865 Tashkent was given to the Russian Military Gouvenor by the cities Eldest. IN 1867 Tashkent became the capital of the Generalgouvernement Turkmenistan.In this time Tashkent had about 80.000 inhabitants. There were two parts of the city: the old town with adobe houses and old mosques in the west and the modern part with rectangular streets and Russian colonial style buildings in the east.
In the severe earthquake of 1966 many buildings mainly in the old town were destroyed. Many streets and buildings were now build in Russian style, which still is the most significant style in Tashkent.
Since 1991 Tashkent is the capital of the independant Republic of Uzbekistan.