The predecessor of the square is a park built during the first
governor-general of the
Russian Turkestan era. The square was at the intersection of two main streets,
Moscow Street (now
Amir Timur Street) and
Kaufmann Street (now Milza Ulugh Beg Street), under the name of Constantinov Square. It was built in 1882 by Nikolai Ulyanov (
Ульянов, Николай Фёдорович Ульянов) working under
Mikhail Chernyayev. After the 1917
Russian Revolution, the square was renamed the Revolution Square. While
Joseph Stalin's statue was placed in the square during the late 1940s, it was removed due to the October 1961 resolution that all Stalin's statues would be removed. In 1968, a statue of
Karl Marx was erected. After the independence of Uzbekistan, the square was renamed the
Amir Timur Square in 1994, and Timur's statue was placed on the site. Adjacent to the park in the south, the
Amir Timur Museum was built in 1996. == See also ==