The natural element that overtook Tashkents rallied people, taught them mercy, responsiveness and compassion. She also showed what great gift to man is health and tranquility in the country. Now that Tashkents can afford a vacation anywhere in the world and fly to the UAE from Novosibirsk, from Moscow or from Tashkent, it is difficult to imagine what difficulty the restoration of that city after the earthquake was worth.