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Fergana or Ferghana (both: fyĕrgənä`), city (1989 pop. 200,373), capital of Fergana region, E Uzbekistan, in the Fergana Valley. The marketing center of a large oasis area, it has silk, cotton, and artificial fiber industries. Oil, coal, and uranium ore lie in the area. Founded in 1876 by the Russians as Novy Margelan, the city was renamed (1907) Skobelev and later (1924) Fergana. Fergana, Ferghana 1. a region of W central Asia, surrounded by high mountains and accessible only from the west; mainly in Uzbekistan and partly in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan 2. the chief city of this region, in E Uzbekistan. Pop.: 230 000 (2005 est.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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At 420 Lexington Avenue; Ferghana Partners, Inc leased 4,332 s/ f for five years. not only assists groups which helped disseminate information about the Andijan shootings, he said, but also is "happy to indulge Hizb-ut-Tahrir, the Islamist organization accused of being behind violence in the Ferghana valley. Paul Bergne argues that the "Kokand Autonomy" in the Ferghana Valley failed in 1917-1918 because of irreconcilable tensions between traditional rulers and local reformers, or Jaddidists, as well as regional rivalries, all of which paved the way for Soviet domination. |
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