SAMARQAND " NEW CITY " - BEGINNING OF MODERNTOWN-PLANNING OF UZBEKISTAN
This article is devoted to the problem of development of town-planning and in particular - to the occurrence of design practice in Central Asia; the questions of initial stage of development of the project of Samarqand city are considered. The information of town-planning formation features of Samarqand, since second half Х1Х of century is given. The information on specificity of structural construction of the general plan of Samarqand, authorized in 1870 is revealed. The characteristics of the Central Asian city are shown (Samarqand city is as an example). The general plan of Samarqand (authorized in 1870) represents characteristic of a Central Asian city, dismembered by two sharply different parts - “Old city “ and “ New city “, having different shapes, various degree of an accomplishment and different ethnic structure of the population. Construction of the new city was conducted very quickly and to 1875 city in those borders, which were established by the project, was constructed, though its internal building was else disembodied.