Much of Tashkent 's old city was destroyed by a powerful earthquake on 26 April 1966 . More than 300,000 residents were left homeless , and some 78,000 poorly engineered homes were destroyed , mainly in the densely populated areas of the old city where traditional adobe housing predominated . The Soviet republics , and some other countries such as Finland , sent " battalions of fraternal peoples " and urban planners to help rebuild devastated Tashkent
earthquake on 26 April 1966
1966 Tashkent earthquake
Tashkent