Chust, Uzbekistan

Chust ( Чуст ) ( usbek. )

Chust (Cyrillic and Russian Чуст Tschust ) is a city and also the capital of an eponymous district in the Uzbek part of the Ferghanatales in the province of Namangan. The population is, according to a calculation for the year 2009 70.183 inhabitants, the census in 1989 showed 46,400 residents Chust is located about 15 km north of the Syr Darya on the southern slopes of the Chatkal Mountains.

The survey Chusts to a city took place in 1969 Of economic importance are cotton ginning and crafts.; Chust is an ancient center of Tjubetejka embroidery. Near Chust is a Bronze Age settlement.

Chust is the birthplace of the poet and educator Muhammadsharif Sofizoda (1869-1937), in 1913 a new school method einrichtete. Today is dedicated to him in Chust a museum. Also from Chust comes Alisher Usmanov Burchanowitsch.