EN: Uzbekistan - the state located in the central part of Central Asia. Adjacent states: in the east — Kyrgyzstan; in the northeast, the North and the northwest — Kazakhstan; in the southwest and the South — Turkmenistan; in the south — Afghanistan and in the southeast — Tajikistan. On October 21, 1989 the law on a state language of the Republic of Uzbekistan is adopted March 24, 1990. The post of the president of the Republic of Uzbekistan is entered August 31, 1991. The Republic of Uzbekistan is declared by the sovereign state On September 1, 1991 Independence Day of the Republic of Uzbekistan On November 18, 1991 national flag is approved On December 29, 1991 the first president of