Famous TV presenter Leonid Yakubovich visits Bukhara

The arrival of the delegation of Russian Jewish Congress, which included about 50 people was a significant event in the life of Bukhara. It was a pleasant surprise that among the guests was well-known and beloved actor and TV presenter, member of the Russian Jewish Congress Leonid Yakubovich.

The first guests’ destination point was the regional center of youth, where once performed Vladimir Vysotsky. Here they met with the head of the city Karim Kamalov. During the conversation, the head of the city administration told about Bukhara, and its historical significance, shared plans to turn the city into one of the centers of world tourism. It was also noted that, hundreds of thousands of Jews lived on our land who side by side, lived peacefully and worked with representatives of other nationalities shoulder to shoulder. Today, 500 Jews live in the region. The head of the Russian Jewish Congress, Yuriy Kanner, highly appreciated the work done in the tourism industry in Bukhara, calling our city one of the "capitals of the world", and also shared his first impressions of the ancient historical monuments and sights of the city. At the end of the dialogue, the parties exchanged gifts.

It is important to emphasize that the Congress annually chooses for the trip a country, where representatives of Jewish nationality live, and this time their choice fell on Uzbekistan. The delegation arrived in Bukhara after Samarkand, where they also got acquainted with the life of the Jewish community.