Wildberries Plans at Least 7,500 Jobs and Training for 2,000 People With a New Logistics Hub Near Tashkent

Wildberries & Russ has signed an investment agreement with Uzbekistan's Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade to build a large logistics complex in Tashkent region, and under that agreement the company undertakes to create at least 7,500 jobs, and organize professional training for at least 2,000 people. The hub will sit on a 67.3-hectare plot in the Bogzor mahalla of Zangiata district, where design work has already begun, while construction is scheduled to start at the end of October 2026. For Metaintro readers in Uzbekistan who work in warehousing, sorting, delivery or online selling, the useful questions are what the job pledge actually covers, what Wildberries has already opened around Tashkent, and how this plan compares with the earlier versions, the first of which Wildberries announced in November 2022.

What Did Wildberries Agree to Build Near Tashkent?

The agreement covers a modern multifunctional logistics complex in Tashkent region. It is an investment agreement between the ministry and Wildberries for the construction of a class A logistics complex (translated), a label the government commission also uses.

The document was signed on 6 October in Fergana during the third session of the Russia-Uzbekistan Council of Regions. RWB, the joint company of Wildberries & Russ, was created following the merger of Wildberries and the outdoor advertising operator Russ.

Under the deal, Wildberries undertakes to ensure the timely commissioning of the complex, create at least 7,500 jobs, and organize professional training for at least 2,000 people, and it also takes on obligations for the development of human capital (translated from Russian).

How Many Jobs Does the Agreement Promise, and What Counts Toward Them?

The marketplace plans to create a minimum of 7,500 jobs in the complex (translated).

Wildberries' press service gave the figure two ways, as a minimum of 7,500 jobs in the complex and as around 7,500 jobs planned at the facility and in areas related to its operations. No split between direct hub staff and related roles has been published in the announcement carried by UzDaily or the company statement to Spot.

The training commitment is separate. At least 2,000 people are expected to undergo training through specialized educational programmes, described as part of the project's human capital development. The announcement does not say who the training programmes are for, which skills they teach or when they start.

These are planned jobs. Construction is planned to begin at the end of October, and no opening date for the hub appears in the announcement.

Plans to build a logistics centre in Uzbekistan have not changed and are unlikely to change... Tatyana Kim, head of Wildberries & Russ, said in April 2024 when confirming plans for a second logistics center (translated), according to the Spot report on the new agreement.

Where Is the Zangiata Site, and When Does Building Start?

The hub will be built on a 67.3 hectare site in the Bogzor mahalla, which borders the capital's Yangihayot district (translated). The mahalla is in Zangiata district, not far from Tashkent.

On timing, design work is currently under way, and construction is planned to begin at the end of October. No commissioning date appears in the announcement carried by UzDaily.

Under the plan announced in October 2023, the Tashkent authorities were allocating 29.4 hectares of land for the project. The new agreement names a 67.3-hectare plot in the Bogzor mahalla, and the sources do not say whether it replaces that earlier land.

What Has Wildberries Already Opened in Tashkent?

Wildberries had sites in Uzbekistan before this deal, and in October 2025 it opened a logistics center in Tashkent's Sergeli district, with two units covering a total area of 53,000 square meters. That center is designed to process up to 500,000 orders each day, was set to create around 500 jobs (up to 500 in the company's statement to Spot, translated), and supplier deliveries to the hub commenced on 13 October 2025. Sergeli has capacity five times greater than the sorting center.

The second site is the sorting center. When Sergeli opened in October 2025, Wildberries operated two logistics facilities in Uzbekistan, the new warehouse in Sergeli district and a sorting center on Farg'ona Yuli Street in Tashkent. In April 2025 the company launched a new sorting center in Tashkent and doubled its capacity to 100 thousand orders a day (translated). The new center replaced the previous one in Kibray district, its floor area tripled, and delivery from it to Tashkent pickup points was set to take up to 12 hours (translated).

Wildberries has also leased space, and in June 2025 it said it had already leased 52 thousand square meters of warehouse space to expand exports of products from Uzbekistan (translated). Its first step into the country was a first distribution point opened in Tashkent on 14 February 2022 (translated from Uzbek).

The new logistics hub will speed up delivery for customers and provide additional employment opportunities for local residents, Akmal Primkulov, Wildberries Director for Uzbekistan, said, according to the UzDaily report on the opening.

How Has the Tashkent Hub Plan Changed Since It Was First Announced?

Wildberries announced plans for a logistics center in Tashkent region in October 2023 (translated), after a November 2022 agreement on a logistics complex in Tashkent, and the versions carried different cost, size and job figures.

• November 2022. Uzbekistan's investment ministry and the Wildberries founders agreed on a logistics complex in Tashkent and a sorting center, with a total cost of $130 million and 5,000 jobs from the moment the project is put into operation. The November 2022 project was valued at $130 million.
• October 2023. A memorandum with the Tashkent region, announced in October 2023, set out a logistics center scheduled to open in 2025, at over 150,000 square meters, with around $140 million of investment and over 7,500 jobs.
• June 2025. At the Tashkent International Investment Forum in June 2025, RWB chief executive Robert Mirzoyan described a warehouse of 180 thousand square meters in the capital region, with investment of $150 million (translated).
• June 2026. Mirzoyan set out the intention to invest more than $300 million in the development of logistics infrastructure and services in Uzbekistan, with a Central Asian hub bringing together a sorting center and a warehouse complex under construction in the Tashkent region covering around 170,000 square meters.

The June 2026 statements already described a warehouse under construction in the Tashkent region, while construction on the Zangiata site is planned to begin at the end of October, and the sources do not say whether that warehouse is the Zangiata site. The plan announced in October 2023 targeted an opening in 2025, while construction on the Zangiata site is scheduled to start at the end of October 2026. The agreement announcement gives no cost or completion date.

What Else Has Wildberries Said About Uzbekistan?

In April 2024, Kim gave two reasons for keeping the plan, that Uzbekistan is a very large market from the point of view of consumers and, more important for the company, that, in her view, the task is now not so much attracting buyers, though that remains, as a fight for producers (translated).

At the June 2025 Tashkent International Investment Forum, Mirzoyan said sales by Uzbek sellers on Wildberries exceeded $1 billion over the last two years, $418 million in 2023 and $673 million in 2024 (translated). Sales of goods from Uzbekistan through Wildberries exceeded $1.4 billion in 2025, with textiles accounting for the largest share, according to Fergana news agency, as cited by Asia-Plus.

Exports are an aim of the hub, and Wildberries plans to support an increase in exports of locally produced goods, and expects the hub to be an important step in expanding warehouse infrastructure and supporting the export potential of local producers (translated). Wildberries' June 2026 Central Asian hub plan includes a unified logistics node connecting Russia, Uzbekistan and the Middle East, with transit of Chinese products to Africa.

Against the backdrop of drone attacks on logistics facilities in Russia, Wildberries has been reported to be considering storing some goods at warehouses in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Belarus, though the company has emphasized that the construction of overseas warehouse infrastructure is being carried out as planned.

What Else Came Out of the Fergana Meeting?

The hub deal was one of four agreements signed at the council (translated), which covered links between Fergana and Omsk regions, Surkhandarya region and Krasnoyarsk Krai, Namangan region and Dagestan, and the Wildberries hub. The council drew representatives of all regions of Uzbekistan and 17 regions of Russia, as well as around 400 entrepreneurs.

At the intergovernmental commission held alongside the council, the Uzbek side was led by Deputy Prime Minister Jamshid Khodjayev and the Russian side by First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, and the two countries plan to launch 17 joint projects worth $350 million in 2026 in the chemical industry, agro-processing and metalworking (translated). Mutual trade grew by 10% over the first eight months of 2026 (translated).

For job seekers, those 17 projects are separate from the Wildberries hub, and the commission's summary gives no job numbers for them.

What Could the Training Places Mean for Workers and Sellers?

The commitment is for at least 2,000 people to go through specialised educational programmes (translated), and the announcement links it to human capital development.

Earlier Wildberries plans in Uzbekistan promised support for sellers, and the November 2022 plan included online seminars for Uzbek manufacturers in Uzbek and Russian in order to teach the skills of working on an electronic platform and trading. At the June 2025 investment forum, Mirzoyan also described work with the National Agency of Perspective Projects on a green corridor for exporters (translated) to simplify cross-border sales.

When Sergeli opened in October 2025, the company said the logistics center could store local sellers' goods and process orders, cutting delivery times (translated). If you are weighing a course of your own while the hub is built, compare skills training programs against the tasks of the job you want.

What This Means for Job Seekers in Tashkent, and What Should You Do Next?

The Zangiata hub is a commitment with a site and a start date, not a set of open jobs. Construction is due to begin at the end of October 2026, the job pledge is a minimum of 7,500 jobs in the complex (translated), and the agreement announcement gives no opening date. Here is how to act on that.

• Know the sites Wildberries has opened. The Sergeli center was set to create around 500 jobs for local residents, and when Sergeli opened in October 2025, the sorting center on Farg'ona Yuli Street was the company's other logistics facility in Uzbekistan.
• Track the build timeline. Design work is currently under way, and construction is planned to begin at the end of October. Until hiring opens, a plan for making your job search easier can keep you ready.
• Watch for the training programmes. The announcement does not say who can apply for the at least 2,000 training places.
• Read the job figure carefully. The around-7,500 figure covers roles at the facility and in areas related to its operations, and the announcement gives no split between hub staff and related roles.
• If you sell online, plan for exports. The hub is expected to create additional opportunities for promoting products made by Uzbek manufacturers in foreign markets, and when Sergeli opened in October 2025, sellers could store their goods directly there.

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People Also Asked

Q: How many jobs will the Wildberries hub in Uzbekistan create?

A: Wildberries undertakes to create at least 7,500 jobs, while the company also gave the figure as around 7,500 at the facility and in areas related to its operations, plus training for at least 2,000 people.

Q: Where will the new Wildberries logistics hub be built?

A: It will be on a 67.3-hectare plot in the Bogzor mahalla of Zangiata district, Tashkent region, bordering the capital's Yangihayot district.

Q: When will construction of the Wildberries hub start?

A: Construction is scheduled to start at the end of October 2026, with design work already under way, and the October agreement announcement gives no opening date.

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