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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of eastern Uzbekistan southwest of Andijon. It is the center of the fertile Fergana Valley, a densely populated agricultural and industrial region controlled by Russia after 1876.
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France’s library, (Examen Critique des Historiens d’Alexandre, p. 194 — 360.)] 35 The territory of Fergana is described by Abulfeda, p. 76, 77.] 36 Eo redegit angustiarum eundem regem exsulem, ut Turcici regis, et Sogdiani, et Sinensis, auxilia missis literis imploraret, (Abulfed.
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"In the month of Ramadan of the year 899," writes the great Babur 1483-1530 in his autobiography, The Baburnama, "and in the 12th year of my age, I became ruler in the country of Fergana."
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Babur – his name means "tiger" – inherited the tiny kingdom of Fergana, in what is now Uzbekistan, from his father.
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These settlements near the Fergana valley ended up in Kyrgyzstan by accident -- when Lenin dumped them there in 1924.
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These settlements near the Fergana valley ended up in Kyrgyzstan by accident -- when Lenin dumped them there in 1924.
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There were no “arbitrary” dividing of Fergana valley: it almost completely belong to Uzbekistan.
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In 1990 Osh and Fergana valley were on fire, and Gorbachev deployed troops that stop the pogroms.
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The article by Fergana. ru generated a lot of comments, where readers shared with each other their thoughts concerning the dismantling of the monument.
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The north of the country covers part of the Fergana valley, which is a major agricultural area in the region.
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The country also has oil fields in the Fergana valley region, the Ustyurt plateau, and the Aral Sea.
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