Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan is located in the central part of Central Asia, between two great rivers - the Amudarya and the Syrdarya. A combination of plains and mountains characterizes the country landscape. The plateau Ustyurt, the old bed of the river Amudarya, the Kyzylkum desert, Karshy steppe are mixed here with Western Tienshan, Ugam, Chatkal, Turkestan, Zarafshan Mountain Ranges and fertile valleys of the Ferghana and Samarkand Basin. As an independent state Uzbekistan appeared on the world map on the 1st September 1991 as a result of the separation from USSR. Uzbekistan played an important role in the history of the Central Asia: it was a part almost all big empires existed on this part of Central Asia.