Shahidlar Xotirasi Memorial Complex
Shahidlar xotirasi yodgorlik majmuasi
A park and museum commemorating victims of Soviet political repression, where a blue-domed pavilion tells a painful history.
The Shahidlar Xotirasi Memorial Complex was built beside the Bozsu Canal, next to the Tashkent TV Tower. It was completed in 2000–2002. The site is said to have been where victims were secretly executed and buried during Stalin's Great Purge in the 1930s. The grounds hold a pillared pavilion-style monument with a blue dome, and a memorial museum displays photographs, archives, and personal belongings of people repressed during the Tsarist conquest, the 1916 uprising, the Basmachi movement, the Great Purge, and the “Cotton Affair.” August 31 is observed each year as the Day of Remembrance for Victims of Repression. The grounds are peaceful and can be combined with the TV tower and the Japanese Garden. The museum charges a small admission fee (confirm on site) and is closed on Mondays. It is about a 15-minute walk from Bodomzor metro station.
Opening hours
Tue–Sun, approx. 10:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Central Asian Plov Centre (Besh Qozon)
- Tashkent Television Tower
- Minor Mosque
- Courage Monument (1966 Earthquake Memorial)
- Amir Timur Museum
- Amir Timur Square
- Broadway (Sayilgoh Street)
- Palace of Prince Romanov