Separated from Russia by the vast Kazakhstan steppe , straddled by mountains that stretch from Afghanistan 's Hindu Kush , all the way to China and the Himalayas , the region is home to the Silk Road cities of Samarkand , Tashkent , Dushanbe and Bukhara .
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