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Originally
on
the
site
of
the
park
was
the
so-called
Konstantinovskaya
Square,
which
surpassed
other
squares
in
the
city
in
size.
This
square
was
not
paved,
and
therefore
dusty
in
dry
weather
and
dirty
in
rain.
The
design
of
the
square
was
based
on
the
idea
of
intersection
in
its
center
of
two
large
avenues
-
Kaufmansky
and
Moskovsky,
which
divided
the
territory
of
the
square
into
four
parts
and
passed
through
it.
At
the
same
time,
a
road
passed
around
the
park,
into
which
all
the
others
poured.
All
four
parts
were
covered
with
a
grid
of
pedestrian
shady
alleys,
very
rational
and
taking
into
account
the
movement
of
pedestrians
crossing
the
square
in
different
directions.
It
should
be
noted
that
these
two
streets,
at
the
intersection
of
which
the
park
was
and
was
laid,
repeated
the
ancient
trade
routes
that
developed
in
the
vicinity
of
the
city
many
hundreds
of
years
ago.
Moskovsky
Prospekt
was
a
section
of
the
caravan
route
to
Kashgar
and
further
to
China
-
the
Great
Silk
Road,
which
ran
from
the
ancient
city
of
Chach
(now
the
Minguryuk
settlement,
located
only
one
and
a
half
kilometers
from
the
current
park
on
the
continuation
of
the
former
Moskovsky
Prospekt
towards
the
Salar
River),
and
Kaufmanovsky
Prospect
was
a
section
of
the
road
leading
from
the
city
citadel
of
old
Tashkent
through
Kuylyuk
and
through
the
fords
of
the
Chirchik
river
towards
Kokand,
and
also
a
section
of
the
old
caravan
route.
Thus,
it
can
be
assumed
that
the
vicinity
of
this
crossroads
from
ancient
times
was
a
kind
of
cult
place.
The
park
was
surrounded
by
buildings
of
men's
and
women's
gymnasiums,
the
building
of
a
state
bank,
a
teacher's
seminary,
remarkable
for
their
architectural
features.
Moreover,
the
buildings
of
the
male
and
female
gymnasiums
and
the
bank
in
almost
unchanged
form
(in
the
thirties
of
the
XX
century,
both
gymnasium
buildings
were
built
on
and
became
three-story)
have
survived
to
our
time.
This
park
originally
housed
the
grave
of
the
Governor-General
of
the
Turkestan
Territory
-
Konstantin
Kaufman,
who
died
in
May
1882
in
Tashkent.
In
1901,
the
Turkestan
Exhibition
in
Tashkent
was
held,
which
was
also
held
in
the
Konstantinovsky
Square.
For
the
exhibition,
several
pavilions
in
the
oriental
style
were
built,
one
such
pavilion
"in
the
Moorish
style",
built
by
the
architect
A.
L.
Benois,
which
withstood
even
a
strong
earthquake
in
1966,
was
converted
into
a
pavilion
for
the
sale
of
flowers
and
remained
in
the
center
of
the
square
until
the
last
time.
On
November
17,
1910,
in
the
center
of
the
crossing
of
Kaufmansky
and
Moskovsky
avenues,
the
site
was
consecrated
and
a
monument
to
Konstantin
Kaufman
was
laid,
in
the
presence
of
all
the
higher
authorities,
troops,
students
and
many
other
residents
of
the
city.
The
money
for
the
monument
was
collected
by
subscription,
more
than
80
thousand
rubles
were
collected.
The
Academy
of
Arts
announced
a
competition
for
the
project
of
the
monument
“Gen.
Kaufman
and
the
troops
who
conquered
Central
Asia.
"
On
May
4,
1913,
in
the
center
of
the
park,
where
Moskovsky
and
Kaufmansky
avenues
intersected,
a
multi-figured
monument
to
the
first
Turkestan
governor-general,
Konstantin
Kaufman,
was
erected
according
to
the
project
of
I.G.
Shleifer.
The
pedestal
was
decorated
with
the
figure
of
an
eagle
with
two
heads
looking
in
different
directions
on
two
necks
and
bronze
plaques,
the
inscription
on
the
main
one
of
which
read:
"To
Konstantin
Petrovich
von
Kaufman
and
the
troops
that
conquered
Central
Asia."
The
square
was
named
Kaufman
Square.
