THE HUJUM CAMPAIGN: CAUSES, GOALS, AND CONSEQUENCES

Authors

  • Ahatova Sevinch Sobir kizi Samarkand State University named after Sharof Rashidov 2nd year student of the Faculty of History

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55640/

Keywords:

Hujum, unveiling campaign, Zhenotdel, paranji, gender policy, Central Asia, colonialism, Islamic tradition, women's emancipation.

Abstract

This article looks at that Soviet Hujum campaign which was started in Central Asia, on March 8 1927, and it sort of tries to untangle why it happened in ideological terms. It also describes both the stated and the real aims, and then it follows the messy, mixed fallout across social, political, and cultural life within Uzbek society. In the end, it argues the campaign’s “legacy” is still argued about, and the near-term outcomes were mostly devastating, although its later cultural effect turned out to be ambiguous, like hard to pin down for sure.

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Published

2026-06-09

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Vol. 5 No. 6 (2026): Journal of Multidisciplinary Sciences and Innovations

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THE HUJUM CAMPAIGN: CAUSES, GOALS, AND CONSEQUENCES. (2026). Journal of Multidisciplinary Sciences and Innovations, 5(6), 932-935. https://doi.org/10.55640/

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