Olmazor (town)
Olmazor (Uzbek: Olmazor, Russian: Алмазар, romanized: Almazar) is an urban-type settlement in Tashkent Region in eastern Uzbekistan. It is part of Chinoz District. Its population is 6,700 (2016).
History
During World War II, in 1942, the training centre of the Polish Anders' Army was located in Olmazor. Polish soldiers trained there before fighting Nazi Germany. There is a Polish military cemetery in Olmazor.
References
- ^ Soliyev, A.S. Shaharlar geografiyasi [Geography of cities] (PDF) (in Uzbek). p. 167.
- ^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan" (in Uzbek and Russian). The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics. July 2020.
- ^ Ziółkowska, Ewa (2002). "Polskie groby w Uzbekistanie i Kazachstanie. W 60. rocznicę polskiego wychodźstwa z ZSRR". Wspólnota Polska (in Polish). No. 3–4 (116–117). p. 65. ISSN 1429-8457.
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