I was deployed to Uzbekistan 2003-04. They are or were more Russian/Soviet than Islamic, at least the Tashkent gals working for KBR. Spoke excellent English & yearned for the old USSR, I am not making this up.
And good looking!!? Whoever this Miss Uzbekistan is, I can certify she is 100% Turkic/Central Asian/Uzbek!!
Eta devushka krasivaya! Prekrasnaya!
Da!