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International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (IJTSRD)
Special Issue on Innovative Development of Modern Research
Available Online: www.ijtsrd.com e-ISSN: 2456 – 6470

Some Features of Regional Policy in Turkestan

Normatov Otabek Maxamatjonovich
Senior Teacher, Doctor of Philosophy in Historical Sciences,
Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

ABSTRACT The Regional Subcommittee (RCC) allocated Turkistan
The zoning policy carried out in the Turkestan ASSR, from (including Khiva and Bukhara) economically to the following
the 1922 very beginning had economic and administrative 11 sub-districts:
features. The Soviet government in 1923-1924, attracting to 1. “The Semireche [Yettisuv] sub-district [the district]
the zoning policy, in addition to the Turkestan ASSR, the unites Almaty, Jarkent, Kopal, Urjar, Ucharol districts.
Bukhara and Khorezm republics, on the one hand, sought to
2. The Chuy sub-district unites Karakul, Pishpek counties,
manage the economy of the entire Turkestan Territory from
and partially the Avioota and Turkestan counties.
a single center and achieve economic efficiency, on the
other hand, zoning was aimed at reviving and the 3. The Aris-Talos sub-district connects the rest of Pishpek,
development of a destroyed national economy. Avlyoota and Turkestan counties.
This article reflects general aspects of zoning policies. The 4. The Lower Syrdarya sub-district unites Gazali and
development and implementation of the economic and Perovsk districts.
territorial zoning of the Turkestan ASSR is analyzed based
5. Tashkent Subregional connects Tashkent, Jizzakh and
on historical sources.
Uratepa districts.

KEYWORDS: Regionalization, Turkestan ASSR, Bukhara and
6. The small region of Samarkand connects the Samarkand
Khorezm republics, Turkestan Economic Council, All-Russian
and Kattakurgan counties.
Soviets, zoning policy, zoning commission, national-territorial
delimitation, industry, transport system, trade relations. 7. Fergana small district partially Khujand (it was an
independent district until the beginning of 1922); unites
When the Soviet power was established in the territory of Kokand , Namangan, Andijan, Ferghana, Osh and Naryn.
the Russian Empire, the Bolsheviks in the 1920 -1921 paid 8. The lower district of the lower Amudarya unites Khiva
particular attention to the zoning policy. Soviet, party and
and the Amudarya region.
economic authorities worked to develop and implement
economic and regional zoning in a large country. This policy 9. The small region of Transcaucasia unites the entire
was also implemented in the Turkestan ASSR. Turkmen region.
At the VIII Congress of All-Russian Soviets in Moscow in The Republic of Bukhara is divided into 2 sub-districts:
December 1920, the issue of Russian zoning was revised to 10. The Middle Amudarya sub-district is West Bukhara.
reconsider the centralization of the state apparatus formed 11. Eastern Bukhara is a small district of the upper Amu
during the policy of "military communism". [1.]. When the
Darya ” [1, -p. 2.].
issue of regionalization was first addressed, the economic
front was intended to carry out plans for labor sharing with Naturally, the policy of zoning in Turkestan was ignored in
the Center and the reconstruction of the technical base in all the territory of the Kyrgyz ASSR [Kazakhstan ASSR].
sectors of the economy. The 8th Congress of All-Russian Historically, the Kyrgyz ASSR (the capital of Orenburg) was
Soviets entrusted the Central Executive Committee of the All- established in August 1920 as part of the RSFSR, mainly
Russian Federation to elaborate all the details of the issue of Kazakhs and Russians. Kyrgyzstan, that is, when the Kazakh
zoning of Russia [2, -p. 321.]. ASSR was established, most of the Turkestan ASSR area was
given to it. However, the issue of zoning had not yet been
The main proposals developed by Central Executive Com
raised.
mittee were approved at the IX Congress of All-Russian
Soviets in 1921, and Turkestan and its capital Tashkent were In the development of the Turkestan zoning project, the
declared a separate economic district of the Russian Russian Federation (RSFSR) Subcommittee on Gosplan
Federation as the largest autonomous national association. considers two aspects: the water system and the existing
administrative division. The first case focuses on the creation
Seeing complete disproportions in the internal structure of
of the Chui sub-district and the second case on the creation
the Turkestan ASSR, the Turkestan Economic Council, in of two sub-districts in the Zarafshan Valley [1, - p. 2.].
accordance with the decision of the X Congress of the All-
Union Soviets (September 1921), began reorganizing the According to D. Krasnovsky, Chairman of the Zoning
regions of the republic within small territorial and Subcommittee under the Gosplani Economic Council of
administrative boundaries (provinces). For this purpose, a Turkestan, dated May 27, 1922, the following features were
special subcommittee (subcommittee) was established under identified as subdivisions:
the State Planning Committee at the Labor and Defense 1. Population.
Council. [3.] 2. Land access.

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