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with Open Osh!
Open Osh is more than just a guide — it’s a whole world of unique routes and places designed to show you the city from a fresh, unexpected perspective.
Take advantage of curated tours, get tips on fascinating locations, and customize your itinerary to match your interests and pace of life. Connect with the people and culture of Osh to feel the true soul and atmosphere of the city!
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Locations
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Revealing the Beauty of Osh Through Love and Color
Every city lives through its sounds, the rhythm of its streets, and the expressions of its people. But the soul of a city is born in the hands of an artist. Abdurasulzhan Umaraliev is not just a painter — he is a true master who reveals the beauty of Osh…
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Soviet city near the Alai Mountains
Welcome to Soviet Osh! The current appearance of the city was largely formed during that period. The Second World War delayed the realization of the city’s development projects, planned in the late 1930s. Therefore, the complete general reconstruction of Osh began in 1949.
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Blacksmiths’ Row
The blacksmiths’ row is situated on the bank of the Ak-Buura, in the most colourful part of the old bazaar, as it has been for over a thousand years. Every morning there is the ringing of hammers on anvils. Aptitude, dexterity and stamina, multiplied by many years of tradition, are…
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Toktogul Park
One of the oldest city parks in Osh, Toktogul Park was founded in 1878 as the city garden of the Governor-General. During the same period, a church, a post office, a treasury, soldiers’ barracks and an infirmary with a pharmacy were built on the left bank of the Ak-Buura river.
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Artisans Quarter
Artisans Quarter is one of the favorite urban subjects of Osh painters. After Suleiman Mountain, it is the most recognizable location portrayed by local landscape artists.
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History of the Bazaar
Osh’s old bazaar dates back to the founding of the city, some three thousand years ago. Today, many of the smaller local bazaars have disappeared or changed locations, and only the old bazaar remains the same, at home on the banks of the Ak-Buura.
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Rock Carvings
Petroglyphs, visual remnants of Osh’s millennia-old history, can be found almost everywhere on Suleiman Mountain. They are most numerous on the southern, eastern, southeastern and southwestern slopes of all five peaks. Some of them are located in accessible areas, others in caves and grottoes. According to a conservative estimate, there…
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Russian Orthodox Church
St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral is the only remnant of Russian Orthodox architecture in Osh and was the central landmark around which the Slavic community and the so-called “new city” began to form in Osh in the late 19th century.
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