The Revolutionary Events of 1917 in Turkestan: The Shift of Paradigms and Discourses in Uzbek Science (The End Of 1980s − Early 2020s)

The revolutionary events of 1917 in Turkestan are one of the most interesting and controversial in the history of Soviet Uzbekistan.Speaking about this period, we mean two important historical events that radically changed the entire further flow of the historical development of the peoples of the Central Asian region -the Great Russian Revolution, with its constituent periods: the February Revolution and the October upheaval of 1917.For more than 100 years, interest in these political events has waxed and waned.The interpretation of these events changed from the "Great October Revolution and its progressive significance" to the "October upheaval" and the almost total downfall of scientific interest.In the article, basing on the analysis of Uzbek historiography of the late 20 th -early 21 st centuries there have been presented transformation of viewpoints and interpretations, the change of discourses about the revolutionary events of 1917 in Turkestan.The late 1980s were marked by a paradigm shift with respect to revolutions of 1917 and were accompanied by discussions of historians and public figures in respectable Uzbek journals on comprehension of such notions as what was "revolution" and "coup", the peculiarities of running revolutionary events in Turkestan, the role of local intelligentsia in these events, creation of national parties, etc. Undertaken research showed that both the country's leadership and employment of modern methodological concepts by Uzbek historians played a big role in formation of new look on Soviet history and the history of Uzbek people in general, the opening of secret archival funds, positive changes in the very structure of historical science.

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