Area of Memory and Honor

The area of memory and honors is a war memorial of Tashkent, located on the main city square. It is dedicated to 400,000 Uzbek soldiers who gave their lives for the Motherland during the Great Patriotic War. The main attention is attracted by the monument of a grieving mother who did not wait for her sons from the war. The sculpture was erected in 1999 by sculptor Ilkhom Jabbarov. The names of the dead are inscribed in the Book of Memory. In the name of their feat, eternal fire burns in the center. Every year on military holidays, flower layings, solemn meetings are held here. It is a place of memory and a reminder to living people about the historical past of the Uzbek people. You can get there by city buses 10, 17, 28, 30, 37,44, 78, etc., by shuttle taxi 140M, 190M, metro to the station "Mustaqillik Square".