The Ark Dolon

 The Fortress of the Arks is the residence of the Bukhara Chans and then the Emir. It is the oldest monument in Bukhara. The Fortress of the Arks remained the main residence of the emir for many centuries, a symbol of greatness, power and impregnability. The buildings in the fortress today were constructed in the late 18th to early 20th centuries. Today Ark is a large earthen bump that resembles an irregular rectangle and is somewhat elongated in the direction from west to east. The main entrance of the Ark is architecturally designed in the form of two column-shaped towers, the upper part of which is connected by galleries, over which a room with terraces is built. The entrance to the Tor des Arkes is a ramp (Tachtapul), which is fenced in on two sides by massive stone railings. The ramp is about 20 meters long and a large leather whip (a symbol of the power of the emir) hangs on one of the walls

            




Then with our teacher and with my coursemates we started to travel this fortress.  By the way we know a lot of new informations about Ark Fortress and we took lots of pictures there. When we enter to the inside of this fortress it was very gorgeous and attractive.  Ark becomes the core of the feudal city, it housed a palace, a government office, a prison, a treasury and a temple. Hence the highest government in the country. West of the Ark, Registan Square, the once booming public center of the city, was built in the pre-Arab period. By the 13th century it was occupied by administrative buildings of divans (ministries) and palaces of the nobility and later filled the bazaar buildings. In front of the entrance to the Ark there was an arsenal, weapons workshops, the reception room of the commander-in-chief of the military, as well as a large Poynda mosque, quarter mosques, butcher's madrasah, Bozori Gusfand and Dorul-shifo-madrassa, in which future doctors were trained, with a hospital - and ambulance departments. There was also a trade in grain, meat, haberdashery, tea, paper, ink, cradles for newborns, cattle, watermelons, melons, wooden utensils and other goods.

                            



In the next photo you can see my groupmates where we started to look for the historical places. ''The Bug Pit'' at Zindon Prison.

                       

                   

      

                            


IN 1842, THE BRITISH SOLDIERS Connoly and  Stoddart were executed in front of the Ark Fortress in Bukhara. It was the grim finale to years of torture (for Stoddart - four years) in the Zindon prison located within the fortress.Today, the Bug Pit is but one of many gruesome places in the Zindon prison, in which mannequins eerily portray the conditions of imprisonment. Much of the rest of the enormous Ark fortress was destroyed by the Red Army’s invasion in 1920, thereby putting an end to continual inhabitation of the fortress for more than 1,400 years.
 

                 

                   

It was very wonderful trip for me and for my groupmates. I have learned a lot during my journey. And this trip was very interesting, we exchanged ideas with our teacher and groupmates and it was very interesting for us. I think you will also find more new information and  this blog will be  interesting for you , thanks for your attention.                          

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