Osh
has been a student city,a centre of
education,science and technology for the last
one thousand years.Osh,a mountaneous city
located in heart of
the historically famous FERGHANA VALLEY. the
second largest city in Kyrgyzstan.Osh, is
administrative centre of the southwestern
Kyrgyzstan,and
capital of the osh province,near the border with
Uzbekistan. It is separated from Bishkek by high
mountain ranges.Osh sits on a major highway from
Bishkek through Dushanbe and Khujand in
Tajikistan.Coal, lead, and zinc mines surround
the city,There are several flights a day between
Bishkek and
Osh - There is also the spectacular Bishkek-Osh
highway - and then continues past the Toktogul
reservoir and hydroelectric power station.The
Ak-Buura
river runs through the city North to South, and
to the west is mountain 'Sulaiman Too' ("Sulaiman's
mountain"), which dominates the city.At the
top is a
flagpole and a mosque built in 1497 by the 14
year old Babur who had been recently crowned the
King of the Ferghana Valley - and later went on
to
become the founder of the Mughal dynasty in
India.and Babur's house on the top of the
mountain.This is a small oriental style house
that was built by
the emperor Babur,Also worth visiting ,the 16th
century built Rabat Abdul Khan Mosque - which is
one of the main mosques and knows about 1000
constant visitors everyday.And CENTRAL IMAM AL-BUKHARI
MOSQUE.one of the largest and oldest mosques in
the Central Asia,There are a lot of
places for refreshment activities.a sports
stadium,sports centres,swimming pools,billiard
clubs,winter sports centre with skiing tracks
and other winter
sports.a number of cinemas with latest
English,Russian and Indian movies.Spare time can
be spend in Night clubs,disco bars,drama
theatres,concerts of
famous Russian and uzbic singers are often held
at concert halls of the city.There are a lot of
café,restaurants in the city,with fast
food,Italian,Russian,uzbic,Chinese,Pakistani and
Indian cousine.As osh is a mountaneous city.a
hill station.summers are very beautiful.people
come
from other cities to osh to spend their
vacations and enjoy the beauty of nature.
Weather in osh is continental with temperature
in summer ranges from
+15 C to +30 C and in winter ranges from - 5 C
to +15 C. There are the boulevards and parks
with lots of trees. The Russians came into the
region during
the 19 th century, and after that life style in
osh is heavily influenced by the Russian way of
life and Soviet architecture.People in osh now
prefer to live
in apartments.There are multi storey buildings
with apartments in the city.about 80 percent
population is living in apartments and 20
percent in private
houses called Dacha.The city is especially
famous for its bazar,which is about 2000 years
old and ever since has been on the same place on
the two
sides of Syr-Darya river.There you find just
everything,from the vegetables, fruits and nuts
the Ferghana valley is so famous for, over food,
to clothes,
household,souvenirs and so on.Just go
searching!Osh is definitely a city where you
could walk around for hours, just to get to know
the culture and try
to feel it yourself. Reputedly three thousand
years old., Osh is one of the oldest city in
Central Asia.In the middle ages Osh was a point
of intersection
for commerce from India and China to Europe.One
of the branches of a Great Silk Way- the Major
Trade of an old age passed through the city
connecting East with West.Other important page
of a history of city Osh is connected with a
name of the representative of Timurid's dynasty
Zaheriddin
Muhammad Babur (1483-1530.)Babur knew the city
Osh well and had left many flatter lines about
it.He built a mosque in Osh and his house is
still
present today.He was born in Andijan (45 KM away
from the Osh) In the middle ages,with Bukhara
and Samarkand,Osh was the largest and advanced
city of the Central Asia, and in 1762 it joined
the Khanate of Kokand and became on of the six
trading centres with the Khanate. Assimilated
into Tsarist
Russia, the city expanded onto the left bank of
the river and European style houses started to
appear.In short,Osh is a modern city with an
ancient
background.
We invite You to study at the Medical
Institute,Osh State University.We'll be glad to
see You in our picturesque city.
