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Dishan-Kala Hospital
At the beginning of the twentieth
century a hospital was built in Dishan-kala. Its construction
was evidence of the new care for the people's health
taken by the Khiva Khan. Whereas previously, the people
saw only ta-bibs, in Dishan-kala professional doctors treated
the sick.
The hospital stretched for many blocks along the Ichan-kala,
A famous artist of Khorezm, Abdulla Baltayev, took
part in building and decorating it. A majolica ribbon
bears the inscription: -The Hospital of Cesarevich
Alexey. It shows that the Khiva Khanate maintained
some friendly relations with Russia in the early twentieth
century. The architecture of the hospital is eclectic
and reflects the elements of European and local architecture.
