A Central Asian Tale of Two Cities
Across
- 1. an Uzbek word meaning feast
- 4. Osh’s Soviet sector is confi ned along either bank of the ...
- 8. open-air market
- 10. The Valley where Osh city is situated.
- 11. OshTV was established after independence,broadcasts its news in _____ languages.
- 15. was name of Kyrgyz Republic before its independence from USSR.
- 17. a planned pedestrian-oriented zone of multi-storyresidential buildings integrated with a variety of services and retail outlets within a short walking distance.
Down
- 2. the second largest city in the Kyrgyz Republic
- 3. leadership position status of citizens to serve alongside European leaders.
- 5. neighborhoods are populated mostly by ethnic Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan.
- 6. run most of the small-scale, day-by-day economic activities of the city, which are associated with their history as sedentary farmers, craftsmen, and traders.
- 7. sell commodities associated with their pastoral past: milk products (including kymyz or fermented
- 9. milk in the spring—sour and smelling like strong cheese and quite refreshing), wool, and felt rugs and hats; but since independence they increasingly sell agricultural and manufactured products as well.
- 12. have tended to sell items or services of more specialized taste, such as European furniture, lighting fixtures, etc.
- 13. Uzbek outdoor central courtyard.
- 14. Uzbek houses
- 16. lingua franca of Central Asians.