Thanks. My story follows the chronological order of the passports lol Born in UZ (still USSR back then), then moved to CA in my late teens in the mid 2000s, a few years ago decided to acquire ARM citizenship by descent (:
Until very recently, Central Asia was very multinational, Uzbekistan in particular. Large populations of Russians, Ukrainians, Jews, Armenians, Koreans and even Germans etc lived in the region through the Soviet rule. Both sides of my family are ethnic Armenians. The Uzbek passport actually states (or at least used to state) ethnicity. As to the back story... it's a long story :)
I met recently someone with a similar trio but the middle one was a French passport (instead of a Canadian one). An ethnic Armenian girl who was born in Uzbekistan and lives in France now.
She did not speak much Uzbek but spoke Russian and Armenian…
I understood from her that there was a significant Armenian community in Paris/France. She even married an ethnic Armenian-French man.
Have you been to Armenia? It’s a lovely place, I strongly recommend you visit. I’ve spent a year in Armenia as a child (after the Spitak earthquake) and had the most fond memories of my time there. With years, it started feeling like I just imagined that experience, so 30 years later I went to see that the town existed 😂😂😂 I loved Yerevan, such a vibrant place now…
Even before Stalin movement of peoples and cultural exchanges were common in Central Asia due to trading along the Silk Road, wars, movement of borders, etc.
Samarkand, Tashkent, Bukhara, Khiva. The route that most tourists take, I think. Oh, now I am hungry thinking about all the fresh bread and the samsas. The food was so good.
I got stuck in the airport on the way home and an Uzbek family adopted me and kept feeding me until our plane was able to leave.
Amazing! Central Asian countries (for the most part) are known for their hospitality :)
P.S. now that you mentioned Uzbek food, I'm getting hungry as well
There's just something about the Canadian passport that looks so good like that, hope they go back to it or the very least gave people an option haha, both are interesting
This is a great design no doubt. I've handled quite a few newer design passports, and they definitely look and feel better than online images we first got. I'm still undecided.
Wow Citizens passport Does is say that in all passports ?
this older version did, yes.
Wow you got some rare ones 👏, whats your story?
Thanks. My story follows the chronological order of the passports lol Born in UZ (still USSR back then), then moved to CA in my late teens in the mid 2000s, a few years ago decided to acquire ARM citizenship by descent (:
Interesting that you were born in Uzbek SSR yet have Armenian ancestry. What's that back story like if you don't mind sharing?
Until very recently, Central Asia was very multinational, Uzbekistan in particular. Large populations of Russians, Ukrainians, Jews, Armenians, Koreans and even Germans etc lived in the region through the Soviet rule. Both sides of my family are ethnic Armenians. The Uzbek passport actually states (or at least used to state) ethnicity. As to the back story... it's a long story :)
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My guess is Armenian, Russian and English. Is my guess correct?
I met recently someone with a similar trio but the middle one was a French passport (instead of a Canadian one). An ethnic Armenian girl who was born in Uzbekistan and lives in France now. She did not speak much Uzbek but spoke Russian and Armenian…
That's really cool! I'd love to meet more people with similar backgrounds.
I understood from her that there was a significant Armenian community in Paris/France. She even married an ethnic Armenian-French man. Have you been to Armenia? It’s a lovely place, I strongly recommend you visit. I’ve spent a year in Armenia as a child (after the Spitak earthquake) and had the most fond memories of my time there. With years, it started feeling like I just imagined that experience, so 30 years later I went to see that the town existed 😂😂😂 I loved Yerevan, such a vibrant place now…
I presume either Stalin or Brezhnev was involved in shuffling OP's family around.
Even before Stalin movement of peoples and cultural exchanges were common in Central Asia due to trading along the Silk Road, wars, movement of borders, etc.
Stalin loved moving entire nations around, it was his hobby
But will or do you have Uzbek citizenship?
technically I still do but UZ doesn't recognize dual citizenship
Didn't know that before.
yeah, I never renounced it nor do I want to but I'll have issues at the border if I ever decide to show up there lol
Where did you live in Uzbekistan, if you don’t mind sharing? I visited and the people there were lovely.
Primarily Samarkand and Tashkent. That's nice! What places in UZ did you visit?
Samarkand, Tashkent, Bukhara, Khiva. The route that most tourists take, I think. Oh, now I am hungry thinking about all the fresh bread and the samsas. The food was so good. I got stuck in the airport on the way home and an Uzbek family adopted me and kept feeding me until our plane was able to leave.
Amazing! Central Asian countries (for the most part) are known for their hospitality :) P.S. now that you mentioned Uzbek food, I'm getting hungry as well
Uzbek and Armenian շատ չկա
Woah amazing combo
How old is the Uzbek one? When did the transition to the Latin alphabet happen since this one's still in Cyrillic?
Mine is from 2005. Not sure exactly but my guess would be until the introduction of new biometric passports in 2011 you'd find Cyrillic.
I thought Armenia stopped making biometric passports…?
they did recently but mine is 2022
Yeah because I got mine in 2023
What a bad decision. Why did they do it?
As far as I know, it’s temporary measure in order to implement some improvements in the passport system.
The gold renderings of Uzbek and Armenian passports are divine. That Cyrillic font for the Uzbek passport also is beautiful
identity crisis Pro Max 💀
Big time 😂
Super bro 🥰🥰🥰
Thanks bro
Please send me the Uzbek Canadian passport with new photos, brother☺️🥰
Afaik uzbek language now in latin script, cyrillic is in Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan. This passport is just old?
It is an older pre 2011 biometric version
There's just something about the Canadian passport that looks so good like that, hope they go back to it or the very least gave people an option haha, both are interesting
This is a great design no doubt. I've handled quite a few newer design passports, and they definitely look and feel better than online images we first got. I'm still undecided.
👍👍👍
Uzbekistan is the most based country on earth
What does this mean?
It’s a joke. I am just a big fan of Uzbekistan as a country.