Soviet period thumb|Tashkent, 1917 thumb|The Courage Monument in Tashkent on a 1979 Soviet stamp The city began to industrialize in the 1920s and 1930s.
soviet period thumb|tashkent 1917 thumb|the courage monument in tashkent on a 1979 soviet stamp the city began to industrialize in the 1920s and 1930s