On 4 January of this year, Professor Muhsin Khidirov, a lecturer of the Department of History and Cultural Heritage of our university, gave a lecture on the topic “New City and European Style Buildings” - design features based on architectural structure and innovation. This open lecture reveals the design features based on architectural structure and innovation of “New city and European style” buildings designed by Russian architects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries within the city of Samarkand. Importantly, this research is based on the findings of an international expedition conducted jointly with Japanese specialists.