Gʻuzor
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The town is home to a Polish war cemetery, one of many along the route that General Anders' army took during the Second World War.
Population
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History
Guzar was one of the most important cities of the Khanate of Bukhara.[3]
During World War II, in 1942, the organizational center of the Polish Anders' Army was based in Gʻuzor.[4] Many Polish soldiers and civilians died there to epidemic, and there is a Polish Military Cemetery.[5]
The status of the city was assigned in 1977 (before that - a village).
Geography
Located southeast of Karshi on the river Gʻuzordaryo, a tributary of the Kashkadarya.[3] There is a railway station of the same name in the city - a junction of railroads to Karshi, Kitob and Kumkurgan.
Sports
The football club "Shurtan" is based in Guzar, and in 2005-2013 and 2015-2017 played in the Uzbekistan Major League.
Economy
Processing of agricultural raw materials, construction company, chemical and agrochemical enterprises. Light industry enterprises are located in the city.
Social objects
A new sports complex with a modern football arena. Cemetery-memorial to Polish prisoners of war who were in Uzbekistan in the 1940s [6]
References
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