Hulbuk (khulbuk) has reappeared on the tentative list, and could - in principle - be incscribed in 2025. It must be said in advance that if this will be the case, it will only be due to some kind of international lobbying, and not to its own merits. (After the Tugay Forest, of course, I wouldn't be surprised - it's no less a weak nomination.) The castle walls have been totally rebuilt from the outside - in all likelihood, the reconstruction is more imaginative than scientific. When we visited the area - in the summer of 2023 - landscaping was well underway in the former lower town, but it was not restoration, but rather covering everything with paving blocks and planting trees between them. What is valuable and original has been moved to a small museum opposite the site. The museum is free of charge and, as is the Tajik custom, shoes must be removed when entering. There are some nice carvings and interesting artefacts,. It's not very big, you can walk around in about 20 minutes. The guard at the museum has the key to the castle itself (it's locked, by the way). Once inside the walls, it turns out that there is practically nothing inside. Reconstruction hasn't even started, but so little of the interior remains that even if there is a reconstruction it will be in no way authentic, so I don't know which is better, to leave it as it is or build a Tajik Disneyland instead.