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Uzbekistan
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In Uzbekistan, ogni angolo racconta la storia di un impero che ha incrociato l'Oriente e l'Occidente, lasciando nel vento il profumo di spezie e leggende.
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― Rahmat Uzbekistan!: Tour di 7 giorni nella terra di Tamerlano, lungo la Via della seta.
― Rahmat Uzbekistan!: Tour di 7 giorni nella terra di Tamerlano, lungo la Via della seta.
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And as if blowing it up, flooding it, and keeping it behind the klyon wasn't enough, State Security special forces patrolled the area until 1989. Some locals say there was an additional 'live fence' of thousands of vipers specially bred for this purpose by Uzbeks along the southern Black Sea, under something called decree number 56. Why Uzbeks? Why vipers? Did decree 56 read: 'Let us fulfil the five-year snake plan in one year'?
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― Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe
― Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe
