Guliston

In the 19th century there was a kishlak Achchikkuduk ("well with salt water"), which had 40 households, a mosque, and a chaikhana.

In 1869, by order of the Governor-General of Turkestan Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann, the possibility of irrigating the Mirzachoʻl was explored.

In 1886, land diggers who arrived from different places of Russia for the construction of the canal formed 8 small Russian settlements in Khojikent district: Romanovsky (Peasant), Zaporozhsky, Nadezhdinsky, Nikolaevsky, Obetovanny, Nizhnevolynsky, Verkhnevolynsky and Konnogvardeysky (Red Dawn).

The construction of a canal 84 km long, named after Nicholas I and brought to Mirzachoʻl (Gulistan), which was put into operation in 1895, began in 1872.

From 7600 hectares of irrigated land 2100 hectares were allotted to the knyaz, who lived in Romanovsky settlement, 3380 hectares - to Russian settlers, 220 hectares - to the experimental field.

In 1897 near the station Golodnaya Steppe (Mirzachoʻl) the settlement Dukhovsky was formed, in 1906 the settlement Spassky was created. On the eve of the First World War in these already united settlements there were 290 households (the town of Guliston later grew up in their place).

During the same period, there was laid a railroad from Samarkand to Tashkent through the Hungry Steppe. Its construction was completed in 1895. Achchikkuduk station was called Griboedovka, and since 1905 - Golodnaya Steppe, as well as the settlement.

There were built the buildings of the canal administration and the first Russian-native school in Golodnaya Steppe in 1905. Since 1910 the canal was called the Northern Golodnostepsky canal.

In 1922 the settlement Golodnaya Steppe was renamed to Mirzachul. In 1952 it received the status of urban-type settlement, being a part of Tashkent region.

On May 8, 1961 the settlement of urban-type Mirzachul was converted into the city of Gulistan.Ведомости Верховного Совета СССР. № 20 (1055), 1961 г. On November 26, 1963 it became the center of the Syrdaryo region created at the beginning of the same year. In 1989, in connection with the unification of Jizzakh and Syrdaryo regions, the city of Jizzakh became the regional center.

On February 16, 1990 after restoration of Jizzak region the center of Syrdaryo region was moved from Jizzak to Gulistan.

It lies in the southeastern part of the Mirzachül (formerly Golodnaya steppe), {{convert|120|km}} southwest of Tashkent. Its population is 91,300 (2021).{{cite web|url=https://www.sirstat.uz/files/293/ochiq-malumotlar-demografiya/1214/Hududlar-boyicha-shahar-va-qishloq-aholisi-soni.pdf|title=Urban and rural population by district|publisher=Sirdaryo regional department of statistics|language=uz}} The main industry in the area is cottonpicking.

Guliston has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa).

{{Weather box

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|location = Guliston (1981–2010)

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| Jan high C = 5.0

| Feb high C = 8.5

| Mar high C = 15.4

| Apr high C = 23.1

| May high C = 29.0

| Jun high C = 34.7

| Jul high C = 36.2

| Aug high C = 34.7

| Sep high C = 29.5

| Oct high C = 22.4

| Nov high C = 14.1

| Dec high C = 6.5

| year high C =

| Jan low C = -3.4

| Feb low C = -1.5

| Mar low C = 3.7

| Apr low C = 9.2

| May low C = 13.7

| Jun low C = 17.4

| Jul low C = 18.6

| Aug low C = 16.2

| Sep low C = 10.7

| Oct low C = 5.8

| Nov low C = 1.8

| Dec low C = -2.2

| year low C =

| precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation mm = 39.1

| Feb precipitation mm = 46.3

| Mar precipitation mm = 52.6

| Apr precipitation mm = 43.8

| May precipitation mm = 28.8

| Jun precipitation mm = 6.2

| Jul precipitation mm = 2.8

| Aug precipitation mm = 1.3

| Sep precipitation mm = 5.0

| Oct precipitation mm = 18.5

| Nov precipitation mm = 32.6

| Dec precipitation mm = 47.3

| year precipitation mm =

| Jan precipitation days = 12

| Feb precipitation days = 12

| Mar precipitation days = 12

| Apr precipitation days = 11

| May precipitation days = 9

| Jun precipitation days = 5

| Jul precipitation days = 2

| Aug precipitation days = 1

| Sep precipitation days = 2

| Oct precipitation days = 6

| Nov precipitation days = 9

| Dec precipitation days = 12

| year precipitation days =

|source 1 = Centre of Hydrometeorological Service of Uzbekistan

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| archive-date = 15 December 2019

| url = http://www.meteo.uz/api/v2/climate_en.csv

| title = Average monthly data about air temperature and precipitation in 13 regional centers of the Republic of Uzbekistan over period from 1981 to 2010

| publisher = Centre of Hydrometeorological Service of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzhydromet)

| access-date = 15 December 2019}}

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{{Historical populations

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|1979|43087

|1989|54360

|2005|55600

|2020|90398

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Saint Nicholas Temple is an architectural monument located in the city of Guliston (Sirdaryo region, Uzbekistan). The church was built in 1945 as a house of prayer. It is located at 94 Turkestan Street in Guliston.{{Cite web|url= https://sobory.ru/article/?object=44641|title= Гулистан (Голодная Степь, Мирзачуль). Церковь Николая Чудотворца.|website= sobory.ru |accessdate= 2023-12-11}}{{Cite web|url= https://putevodnik.ru/52223|title= Храм Святителя Николая города Гулистана|website= putevodnik.ru |accessdate= 2023-12-11}} In 1890, in the village of Guliston in the Turkestan Governorate of the Russian Empire, a large brick church was erected. It could accommodate no fewer than a hundred parishioners, but it was demolished in the 1930s during the Soviet era. In 1945, a decision was made to build a new house of prayer in Guliston. The new house of prayer, constructed from adobe brick, was built in less than a year and opened its doors to parishioners on November 9, 1945.{{Cite web|url= https://necrotula.ru/kultovye/khram-nikolaya-chudotvortsa-gulistan|title= Храм Николая Чудотворца (Гулистан)|website= necrotula.ru |accessdate= 2023-12-11}}

{{Reflist}}

• Guliston. (2007). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved September 28, 2007, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9038486

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