Smiling, an Uzbek, who himself offers pomegranates on the Khiva market, holds up a skewer of fried chicken meat, analogous and undated, from October 1992. For centuries, Khiva was a preying Islamic trading and capital city of Khanate Khiva on the Silk Road In 1873, the city was conquered by Russian troops and henceforth became the influence of Russia and later became part of the Soviet Union as the Uzbek Soviet Republic. Photo: Matthias Toedt / dpa central image / ZB / picture alliance | usage worldwide