31. The former Soviet republic of Uzbekistan has received pledges of assistance totaling dlrs 925 million, the World Bank said Wednesday. 32. Speaking of the former Soviet republic of Uzbekistan . . . 18 flags line the walkway outside Ed Landreth Hall. 33. A Hershey man plunged to his death from a fourth-floor window while traveling in the former Soviet republic of Uzbekistan . 34. Russian news agencies quoted Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as saying during a visit to the central Asian republic of Uzbekistan . 35. Seventeen states abstained, and only Israel and the former Soviet republic of Uzbekistan voted with the United States against it. 36. Jon Purnell presented his credentials as U . S . Ambassador to the Republic of Uzbekistan on January 28, 2004. 37. The Kazak locusts have spread north into neighboring Russia, and south into another Central Asian republic of Uzbekistan , devouring crops. 38. The Central Bank is accountable to the Supreme Council of the Republic of Uzbekistan and independent of the executive bodies. 39. Tashkent State University of Law ( TSUL ) is a state university which provides legal education in the Republic of Uzbekistan . 40. Shared by the former Soviet republics of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, the island is now is the world's largest anthrax burial ground.