GREETINGS BY THE DIRECTOR

Greetings our esteemed colleagues – scholars, researchers and experts!

We, the team of the "Silk Road" International Research Institute, have embarked on a challenging and inspiring mission to study, preserve and promote the tangible cultural heritage of the Silk Road countries.

The key objectives of the Silk Road Institute are: fundamental and applied research in the field of tangible cultural heritage; preparation and publication of the multi-volume updated and supplemented "Code of Architecture Monuments of Uzbekistan"; compilation of a comprehensive "Electronic Database of Cultural Heritage Sites of Uzbekistan", supplemented with data and results of the latest research; and so on. 

Our immediate tasks are to study traditional restoration methods, problems of preservation and rational application of architectural monuments; to develop and implement innovative approaches in the preservation of cultural heritage objects; to work on the completion of the "Code of Architectural Monuments of Samarkand Region", a fundamental work initiated by the prominent architects of the Samarkand region - A fundamental work started by outstanding researchers of Uzbekistan in 1970s-1980s G. A. Pugachenkova, L. Y. Man’kovskaya and others. We would like to continue our research on the evolution of the architecture of Sufi monasteries in Central Asia; study and architectural revival of the Temurid gardens in Samarkand; study of the architecture of less-studied sites in the Samarkand, Kashkadarya and Tashkent regions and the development of tourism based on the research; traditional restoration methods of folk craftsmen "usto", etc.

We co-operate and will be glad to expand our partnership with a number of foreign and domestic scientific and educational institutions, foundations, associations, etc.

Welcome to the website of Institute! I hope it will be helpful to get to know us better, to be acquainted with our scientific and practical activities, will contribute to the establishment of fruitful ties and development of mutually beneficial future co-operation.

Together we can achieve great results and make a significant contribution to the study, preservation and popularization of the tangible cultural heritage of the Silk Road.

Wishing you well and professional success!

 

Director of the “Silk Road” International Research

Institute, Doctor of Science in of Architecture,

Professor Yusupova Mavlyuda Aminjanovna