Khiva, ethnographic

There are four ethnically diverse peoples in Khiva: the Sarts - proper and primitive owners of this land, their neighbors - the Karakalpaks, the Uzbeks - foreign conquerors and the Turkmens, attracted here by various benefits

	Khiva Khiva - the ancient city of Uzbekistan - a place of pilgrimage for tourists, historians and archaeologists
	Djuma Mosque The construction of the Djuma Mosque is unconventional and unique - there are no domes, galleries, portals - only the roof, held by 213 carved columns
	Itchan Kala Itchan Kala is the walled inner town of Khiva. The old town retains more than 50 historic monuments and 250 old houses of the 18th or 19th centuries
	Kalta Minar Minaret The bright blue décor of the Kalta Minar Minaret is unique for Central Asia. Is the only structure which surface is completely covered with colored glazed tiles
	Market of Khiva
	Mukhammad Amin Khan Madrassah Mukhammad Amin Khan Madrassah was the largest medieval ecclesiastical school of Khiva. Now there is the tourist hotel “Khiva” in the building