This is an outdated version published on 2025-09-17. Read the most recent version.

RELIGIOUS POLICY OF THE SOVIET STATE IN CENTRAL ASIA, WITH A FOCUS ON UZBEKISTAN (1930–1950S)

Authors

  • Sharifiy Nuriddin Sobir og‘li PhD Student, Stage I National University of Uzbekistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55640/

Keywords:

USSR, religious policy, Central Asia, Uzbekistan, repression, World War II, historiography.

Abstract

This article examines the religious policy of the Soviet Union during the 1930s–1950s and its impact on Central Asia, particularly Uzbekistan. It analyzes the closure of religious institutions, persecution of clergy, temporary relaxation during the war years, and the tightening of control in the postwar period. The article is based on modern historiographical approaches.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

1. Abdullayev, X. O‘zbekiston tarixi: XX asrda ijtimoiy-siyosiy jarayonlar. – Toshkent: Fan, 2015.

2. Khalid, A. Islam after Communism: Religion and Politics in Central Asia. – Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007.

3. Bennigsen, A., & Wimbush, S. Muslim National Communism in the Soviet Union: A Revolutionary Strategy for the Colonial World. – Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1979.

4. Rashidov, I. Sovet davlati va din: O‘zbekiston tajribasi. – Toshkent: Ma’naviyat, 2002.

5. Ro’i, Y. Islam in the Soviet Union: From the Second World War to Gorbachev. – London: Hurst & Company, 2000.

6. Saidov, A. Diniy qadriyatlar va milliy o‘zlik. – Toshkent: Yangi asr avlodi, 2010.

7. Keller, S. To Moscow, Not Mecca: The Soviet Campaign against Islam in Central Asia, 1917–1941. – Westport: Praeger, 2001.

8. Ziyaeva, D. O‘zbekiston SSRda diniy siyosatning o‘ziga xos jihatlari. – Toshkent: Sharq, 2018.

Downloads

Published

2025-09-17

Versions

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 8 (2025): Journal of Multidisciplinary Sciences and Innovations

Section

Articles

License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Authors retain the copyright of their manuscripts, and all Open Access articles are disseminated under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC-BY), which licenses unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is appropriately cited. The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, and so forth in this publication, even if not specifically identified, does not imply that these names are not protected by the relevant laws and regulations.

How to Cite

RELIGIOUS POLICY OF THE SOVIET STATE IN CENTRAL ASIA, WITH A FOCUS ON UZBEKISTAN (1930–1950S). (2025). Journal of Multidisciplinary Sciences and Innovations, 4(8), 374-3. https://doi.org/10.55640/

Similar Articles

1-10 of 3337

You may also start an advanced similarity search for this article.