Odina Ikromova Ulugbekovna
Uzbekistan is a home for all Uzbek peoples and representatives of different peoples.
By: Odina Ikromova Ulugbekovna
Worth Noting:
- In particular, more than 1 million people, including 200,000 children, 151,604 Crimean Tatars, 110,000 Meskhetian Turks from Georgia, 175,000 Chechens from the North Caucasus, 4,500 Bulgarians and Greeks, and more than 20,000 Ingush were evacuated to the territory of Uzbekistan.
- The local population showed goodwill to the resettled Uzbek people and helped them with their hospitality, tolerance and sincerity. He accepted children of different nationalities into his family, treated them like his own children, and brought them up. Among our heroes, the family of Shoahmad Shomahmudov, an ordinary blacksmith, adopted 15 children, Hamid Samadov, a veteran of the Great Kurgan war and returned as a disabled person, 13 children, and Fatima Qoriyeva, a coal worker, adopted and raised 10 children. In this way, our ranks expanded and our country became a multi-ethnic Uzbekistan.
This country is a country that unites people with different cultures, history, traditions, and values, who have historically lived together, worked together, established blood-kinship ties, and formed as a single nation is a rich land. Since ancient times, there have been more than 130 nationalities with their own culture and traditions living in the territory of Uzbekistan.
Therefore, the state of Uzbekistan is creating ample opportunities to ensure that the languages, customs and traditions of all nations and peoples living in its territory are respected, and to create conditions for their development. If we take a look at the history, the Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik, Kyrgyz, Karakalpak and Turkmen peoples lived in this land called Turan.
Therefore, the past of the Uzbek people is closely connected with the history of these peoples. Due to the events that took place during the captivity, military campaigns, colonies and migrations of peoples, different peoples were gathered.
As a result of Genghis Khan’s invasion, the Karakalpak peoples settled here due to the settlement of Mongol settlers who invaded the territory of Turkestan, or the Karakalpak peoples, who began to form as a people in the 8th century, settled in the foothills of Syr Darya and Aral Bay as a result of the Mongol attack.
We can point out as an example that they are getting closer to the Uzbeks of the archipelago, taking root and living here. Also, as a result of the policy of Russification in the territory of Uzbekistan during the former USSR, the Kazakh people were resettled together with the Russian people.
Even during World War II, which killed millions of people and caused the complete destruction of poor nations, the Uzbek people embraced many nations and peoples.
In particular, more than 1 million people, including 200,000 children, 151,604 Crimean Tatars, 110,000 Meskhetian Turks from Georgia, 175,000 Chechens from the North Caucasus, 4,500 Bulgarians and Greeks, and more than 20,000 Ingush were evacuated to the territory of Uzbekistan.
The local population showed goodwill to the resettled Uzbek people and helped them with their hospitality, tolerance and sincerity. He accepted children of different nationalities into his family, treated them like his own children, and brought them up. Among our heroes, the family of Shoahmad Shomahmudov, an ordinary blacksmith, adopted 15 children, Hamid Samadov, a veteran of the Great Kurgan war and returned as a disabled person, 13 children, and Fatima Qoriyeva, a coal worker, adopted and raised 10 children. In this way, our ranks expanded and our country became a multi-ethnic Uzbekistan.
From the first years of independence, the development of the culture of tolerance and humanity, the strengthening of inter-ethnic harmony and harmony, and the creation of equal rights and opportunities for all citizens, regardless of nationality, religion and social origin, have been defined as one of the important directions of state policy. Also, serious attention was paid to the creation of legal bases for strengthening equality and solidarity. These principles are clearly and strictly sealed in the Constitution of Uzbekistan and all our laws. In Article 8 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan, there is an important rule that “The people of Uzbekistan are made up of citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan, regardless of their nationality” and in Article 18, “All citizens of our country have the same rights and freedoms, regardless of gender, race.” , regardless of nationality, language, religion, social origin, faith, personality and social status, are equal before the law” [Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan. 2017]. Wide opportunities have been created for representatives of all nationalities and peoples living in our country to study and get education in their native languages.
Another situation observed in rare countries of the world is that education in Uzbekistan is conducted in 7 languages. In addition to the Uzbek and Karakalpak languages, Russian, Kazakh, Turkmen, Tajik and Kyrgyz languages can be included among these.
They are provided with the necessary amount of educational materials and textbooks. As an example, I should mention that 170,000 people of Turkmen nationality live in Uzbekistan, and education is conducted in Turkmen in 44 schools.
80% of the population of Uzbekistan are Uzbeks, 4.9% Tajiks, 3.8% Russians, 3.6% Kazakhs, and 7.7% representatives of other nationalities (compared to 2017). Of these, 88% believe in Islam, and more than 10% believe in other religions.
The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, or the Polish Church in the vernacular, is a unique Gothic-style building in the center of Tashkent and is one of the first and only Catholic churches in Tashkent. The cathedral belongs to the apostolic administration of Uzbekistan. The construction of the Catholic Church in Tashkent began in 1912.
In order to expand interreligious tolerance, there are several churches in our country, in particular, Alexander Nevsky Russian Orthodox Church in Termiz, Catholic Church in Toshken, 16 religious denominations. National cultural centers operate to meet the cultural needs of representatives of different nationalities living in Uzbekistan.
The first national cultural centers were established by Koreans, Kazakhs, Jews, and Armenians in the regions of our republic in 1989. If in 1992 there were 10 national cultural centers, in 1995 their number reached 72, and in 2003 there were 135. Currently, 145 national cultural centers are operating in the country.
All national cultural centers have been actively participating in state-level public holidays and events. Festivals such as “Our strength is in unity and solidarity”, “Our strength is in unity and cohesion”, “The motherland is one, the motherland is one” dedicated to the Independence Day serve to further strengthen the bonds of inter-ethnic friendship and increase year by year is going Tolerance is a true Islamic virtue characteristic of the Uzbek people.
It comes about because of sincerity, open communication and conscience and faith. Also, it is not only a moral duty, but also a political and legal necessity.
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