Modern Milliy Stadium In Tashkent

Milliy means national in Uzbek and it's a fitting title for the largest, most impressive stadium in the country. The stadium was built in 2012 and it can seat you and 33,999 of your closest friends. And it looks cool.

Exterior view, all white sail cloth in a triangle pattern. Whispy.

Interior details. The locker room. Clean. The press conference dais. Quiet.

Ahh, where the action happens. Nice seats in Uzbek flag colors and a good overhang to shield folks from the sun.

There's a bit of winning history on the site for various football clubs. The current stadium replaced an old structure, built in 1986. Glory lives on in the trophy room.

A closer look at the signature exterior decoration.  

Great Patriotic War Memorial In Tashkent

Every former Soviet city has a sobering Great Patriotic War Memorial. That's WWII for you Westerners. The memorials are unique and still share similar design elements. Some sandstone colored marble, bronze sculptures and friezes. Heroic soldiers, styled in a generic, graphic, socialist design. Time to pay some respect.

The impressive, double wall bronze frieze at the entrance. The struggle and fight have been posted.

Some of the humble graves. A bit like Arlington Cemetery near Washington DC. A detail of the bronze frieze. GI Vladimir.

The main part of the memorial, an eternal flame. And the current symbol of reverence in a post-Soviet world, a Weeping Mother statue.

More details. A tribute to the homefront production for the war effort. Flower boxes, needing a little growth.

Back to the bronze frieze, depicting war as heroic. And hell.