Did you know that Uzbekistan played an important role in the development of the Soviet space program? True! Do you know any names of famous Uzbeks in that program? No!
No matter. There's a nice monument to Uzbekistan's contribution to the space program, a two-sided, bronze sculpture with a mix of archetypes related to space. And the heavy of the Russian program, not an Uzbek, Yuri Gagarin. Mix and match.
One side of the monument.
There's a depiction of a designer, a cosmonaut and a lab guy. A regular Soviet rub a dub dub.
The other side of the monument. The figures are less about the space program and more about the universal progress of life. Probably famed Uzbek Silk Road era astronomer Ulugh Beg on the left, generic, but loving, mother with child on the right. Who's topless. The mother, not the child. Unless naked is also topless.
At the top of both sides of the monument, men floating. Again, a bit universal, a bit, er, spacey.
In front of the monument and getting his own pedestal, strong pioneer, Yuri Gagarin.
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