#39 Travelogue Uzbekistan: Clean Russians, dirty Uzbeks? Have | Afandi English

#39 Travelogue Uzbekistan: Clean Russians, dirty Uzbeks?

Have you ever seen any cleaning product made in Uzbekistan that has Uzbek written on the front? Soap, shampoo, washing-up liquid, washing powder – there’s only a list of ingredients in Uzbek on the back, everything else is written in a mixture of Russian and English. What might be the reasons for this?

Imitation
Imported products are generally trusted and thought to be of higher quality. Customers may assume high quality when it looks foreign, even when it’s not.

Convention
When other products have no Uzbek written on them, why would anyone try to be different? There are different conventions for different types of products.

History
With the exception of soap, most other types of cleaning products were introduced during Soviet times, and that was all about Russian.

If you can find a cleaning product with Uzbek writing on the front I will give you 5,000 soum paynet. Max. 5 participants. You have one week!

@afandi_english