A letter from an Uzbek and Bill Clinton to Karimov, admitted by Chuck Norris. What did Uzbek newspapers write about 30 years ago?

Chuck Norris is an amazed Uzbek athlete and Bill Clinton's letter to Karimov. What did Uzbek newspapers write about 30 years ago?

What topics were covered on the pages of newspapers 30 years ago? What issues were relevant for the population of Uzbekistan? What was the dollar exchange rate at that time? The publication "Daryo" collected the most interesting news from periodicals published in the first ten days of August 1996.

In 1996, the newspaper "Xalq so'zi" "counted the days" on the front page from the beginning of August to Independence Day. The slogan of that year was "This is my holiday! This is your holiday! This is our holiday!"

The newspaper "Xalq so'zi" wrote "August is a decisive month!" The article began with the words of President Islam Karimov: “August is an important time for harvesting and increasing the number of heads of grain. There is a saying among the people that a real farmer does not take his machinery out of the field during this month. Today, it is necessary for the heads of relevant ministries and associations and specialists to be in the field and help all cotton growers.” The newspaper, published on August 2, 1996, also reported on the opening of the cotton harvest in issue 155.

30 years ago, an advertisement for Samsung also appeared in the pages of “Xalq so‘zi”.

Uzbek athlete Shukhratjon Elov told the story of how he met Chuck Norris in an interview with "Xalq So'zi": "Maybe because I was the winner of several international tournaments, I was invited to this international karate tournament. We went, we competed. I don't know, Chuck Norris seemed to like my style, he became interested in me. We met him, we had a nice conversation. Chuck Norris asked me how long I had been doing karate, who my teacher was, and other similar questions. I told him that my first teacher was my father, that I had been doing karate since I was four years old, and that karate is developing very rapidly in Uzbekistan today. Chuck Norris invited me to this year's tournament, which will be held in 1996."

FIFA President Joao Havelange expressed confidence in Uzbekistan's participation in the World Cup back in 1996.

30 years ago, on August 6, the volume of sales at the Currency Exchange amounted to 16.88 million US dollars. The value of one US dollar was recorded at 38 soums.

In 1996, loans were also provided for the purchase of cars. In the August 7 issue of "Xalq so'zi", the chairman of the Uzbekistan Automobile Technical Service Joint Stock Company, Yusuf Asilov, gave an interview and announced the prices of cars at that time:

Tico - 5800-6734 US dollars;

Damas - 7200-8363 US dollars;

Nexia - 10,000-11,798 US dollars.

The front page of the "Ma'rifat" newspaper, published on August 7, 1996, talks about the new Uzbek alphabet. It was from that year that first-graders began to study in the new Uzbek alphabet.

The “School Market” also existed at that time.

In the 1996 Olympic Games, Uzbek athletes participated for the first time on behalf of the independent state of Uzbekistan. The country's flag was raised at the awards ceremony. Judoist Armen Bogdasarov won a silver medal, and boxer Karim Tulaganov won a bronze medal.

As reported in issue 63 of “Tashkent Haqiqati” dated August 10, 1996, the day before, on August 9, the inauguration ceremony of Russian President Boris Yeltsin took place in the Kremlin. Uzbek President Islam Karimov traveled to Moscow to participate in this ceremony. Before leaving, the head of state answered journalists' questions at the airport: "We are confident that Russia will continue to boldly follow the path of democratic changes and are ready to further strengthen relations with this country."

The August issue of "O'zbekiston Ovozi" published an article dedicated to Sylvester Stallone entitled "Rambo waved his hand." It said that the world-famous actor was planning to move from California.

At that time, "O'zbekiston Ovozi", under the editor-in-chief of Azim Suyun, even published infographics. The following drawings are from the 100th issue of the newspaper dated August 6, 1996.

The newspaper "Vatanparvar" also wrote about Sylvester Stallone in August of the same year. Not only about his move to another country, but also about his consumption of 65 pills a day.

In addition, the newspaper "Vatanparvar" published special lessons designed to teach the Uzbek language.

A letter from US President Bill Clinton to Islam Karimov was also published in the pages of the newspaper "Tashkent Okshomi".