Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic

Uzbekistan, 1924–1991. Draft, not yet reviewed

The Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic was a union republic of the Soviet Union. It was governed by the Uzbek branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the legal political party, from 1925 until 1990. Beginning 20 June 1990, the Uzbek SSR adopted the Declaration of State Sovereignty within its borders. On 31 August 1991, the Uzbek SSR was renamed the Republic of Uzbekistan and declared independence three months before the Soviet Union's dissolution on 26 December 1991.

Seat of power: Tashkent

No rulers documented for this era yet.

Culture

• In Soviet times, Tashkent witnessed major growth and demographic changes due to forced deportations from throughout the Soviet Union.
• Much of Tashkent was destroyed in the 1966 Tashkent earthquake, but it was soon rebuilt as a model Soviet city. It was the fourth-largest city in the Soviet Union at the time, after Moscow, Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) and Kiev (now Kyiv).
• During the Soviet era, Uzbekistan became a leading producer of farm products such as cotton and melons, while also making significant advances in science and technology.

Picture

Tashkent is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan.

Image: Muso1996, CC-BY-SA-4.0, file

Sources

• Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Wikipedia)
• Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Wikidata)
• About the picture (Wikipedia)

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