MAIN DIRECTIONS AND SCIENTIFIC RESULTS OF RESEARCH ON THE ETHNIC HISTORY OF THE UZBEK PEOPLE

Abstract

During the years of independence, many scientific achievements were made in our Republic due to the research on the ethnogenesis and ethnic history of the Uzbek people. Ethnographic, archeological, anthropological expeditions were organized in different regions of the region, ancient manuscript sources were studied, scientific and cultural researches were conducted, international and republican conferences and meetings were held on the subject. Nowadays, the issue of systematic study and analysis of monographs, dissertations, scientific collections, articles and theses published within the framework of the problem is gaining urgent importance. During the more than 30-year period of Uzbekistan as an independent state, to study the scientific literature devoted to the ethnogenesis and ethnic history of the Uzbek people from the point of view of historiography, to compare their achievements and shortcomings, to determine their scientific significance and historical veracity, to monitor the development of knowledge in this regard , showing the methodology, concept and scientific results of the authors' study of the problem determines that it is an urgent research work to be carried out in the field of historiography and ethnology of New Uzbekistan.

The history of national statehood in Uzbekistan spans more than 3,000 years. In the years of independence, in addition to research on the ethnogenesis of the Uzbek people (formation as a nation), the study of its ethnic history, that is, its history after the formation of a nation, is also important. But there are also differences among local scholars regarding the choice of criteria for distinguishing ethnogenesis and ethnic history. Some people associate ethnic history with the period when the oldest ancestors of the people appeared, while others believe that ethnic history begins with the 9th-12th centuries, that is, with the formation of the Uzbeks as a people. Many studies have been published on the ethnic history of the Uzbek people. Most of the conclusions in the studies are similar to each other, even similar to the conclusions of the Soviet-era research. This situation is an indicator of the level of development of the science, and it shows that theoretically and methodologically, local scientists are not able to leave the framework of the views of the Soviet era.