Tashkent vs Huertas

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Tashkent (; Russian pronunciation: [tɐʂˈkʲent]; Russian: Ташкент, tr. Tashkent), or Toshkent (Uzbek pronunciation: [tɒʃˈkent]; Uzbek: Toshkent, Тошкент, تاشكینت‎), is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan, as well as the most populous city in ex-Soviet Central Asia, with a population in 2018 of 2,485,900. It is in northeastern Uzbekistan, near the border with Kazakhstan. Before Islamic influence started in the mid 8th century AD, Tashkent was influenced by the Sogdian and Turkic cultures. After Genghis Khan destroyed it in 1219, it was rebuilt and profited from the Silk Road. From the 18th to the 19th century, the city became an independent city-state, before being re-conquered by the Khanate of Kokand.

In 1865, Tashkent fell to the Russian Empire, and became the capital of Russian Turkestan. In Soviet times, it witnessed major growth and demographic changes due to forced deportations from throughout the Soviet Union. Much of Tashkent was destroyed in the 1966 Tashkent earthquake, but it was rebuilt as a model Soviet city. It was the fourth-largest city in the Soviet Union at the time, after Moscow, Leningrad and Kyiv. Today, as the capital of an independent Uzbekistan, Tashkent retains a multiethnic population, with ethnic Uzbeks as the majority. In 2009, it celebrated its 2,200 years of written history.

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uertas is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Antonio Huertas, Spanish chief executive Carlos Huertas (born 1991), Colombian racing driver Carlos Huertas (vallenato composer) (1934–1999), Colombian musician David Huertas (born 1987), Puerto Rican basketball player Esteban Huertas (1876–1943), Panamanian military officer Jon Huertas, American actor Juan Huertas, Panamanian boxer Marcelo Huertas (born 1983), Brazilian basketball player Miguel Huertas (born 1977), Peruvian footballer Raquel Huertas (born 1982), Spanish field hockey player

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