The new encyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2002, ISBN 978-0-85229-787-2, ... Guliston, also spelled Gulistan, formerly (until 1961) Mirzachul, city, eastern Uzbekistan. It lies in the southeastern part of the Mirzachul (formerly Golodnaya) steppe, 75 miles (120 km) southwest of Tashkent ...