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METHODOLOGICAL BASIS OF TEACHING THE SUBJECT OF MODERN 

HISTORY OF UZBEKISTAN 
Makhmanazarov Kahramon,  

Senior Lecturer, Department of “Uzbekistan and Social Sciences”,  

Karshi Institute of Engineering and Economics 

 

A B S T R A C T K E Y W O R D S 

This article discusses the methodological foundations of teaching the 

subject of the latest history of Uzbekistan. The author, relying on 

scientific data and existing literature, studied and analyzed the specific 

aspects of the methodological foundations of teaching the subject of the 

latest history of Uzbekistan. 

Independence, history, 

latest history of 

Uzbekistan, democratic 

reforms, methodological 

foundations. 

 

 

Introduction 

It is well known that the science of history divides the study of processes that took place in the past 

into certain periods. One of such periods that we are going to study is the period of the most recent 

history of Uzbekistan. It is important for us to learn that the period of the most recent history of 

Uzbekistan symbolically began with the political changes and changes that took place in our country 

in 2017 and continues to the present day, which is related to the processes related to the reforms being 

implemented in Uzbekistan. The Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. PF-4947 

of 2017 on the Strategy of Actions for the Further Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan is of 

great importance. 

During 2017-2021, 1. State and society building. 2. Ensuring the rule of law and further reforming the 

judicial system. 3. Further developing the economy. 4. Developing the social sphere. 5. Ensuring 

security, interethnic harmony and religious tolerance, conducting a well-thought-out, mutually 

beneficial and practical foreign policy [1,1]. Democratic reforms have been implemented in our 

country in these five areas, and as a logical continuation of these reforms, the Decree of the President 

of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. PF-60 on the new Development Strategy of Uzbekistan for 2022-

2026, published in 2022, is of great importance. 

 

Literature  Review 

The development strategy of the new Uzbekistan includes 100 goals. The implementation of these 

goals is carried out on the basis of the following seven socio-political ideas. 1. Building a people-

oriented state through the enhancement of human dignity and the further development of a free civil 

society. 2. Making the principles of justice and the rule of law the most basic and necessary condition 

for development in our country. 3. Rapid development of the national economy and ensuring high 

growth rates. 4. Conducting a fair social policy, developing human capital. 5. Ensuring spiritual 

development and bringing the sector to a new level. 6. Approaching universal problems based on 



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national interests. 7. Strengthening the security and defense potential of our country, conducting an 

open, pragmatic and active foreign policy [2,14]. The latest history of Uzbekistan will carry out 

explanatory work to convey the goals and objectives set out in these legal documents to students 

studying in higher education institutions. 

The study of historical sources, historical manuscripts, archaeological finds, and cultural monuments 

that contribute to the development of historical knowledge and historical thinking among people is an 

urgent task. In the geopolitical struggles taking place in the world today, the negative consequences of 

historical ignorance for society are extremely painful. 

 

Research Methodology 

The years of independence are characterized by the rapidity of socio-political processes, the intensity 

of events and phenomena, the global problems affecting the fate of the world and man, and all 

phenomena, from our general views covering all aspects of life to the smallest, most personal tasks. 

Naturally, such a process of general renewal sets new tasks for the science of history, along with the 

social and humanitarian sciences. Researchers should first of all comprehensively examine a number 

of important problems, such as the centuries-old relentless struggle of our people to achieve 

independence, the ways and means of achieving it, the experience of building national statehood, the 

study of the political, economic, social and spiritual factors of strengthening independence, and the 

creation of a national idea. Indeed, historical memory has a strong influence on human development 

and serves as an important factor in the formation of a national idea. National consciousness, national 

thinking are related to the history of the people, how to study the stages of its development, and how 

to learn from it. As great scholars have said, history invites man to the future and stimulates great 

creativity. 

The task of the subject "The Latest History of Uzbekistan" is to study and teach the latest history of 

the emergence and development of the national statehood of Uzbekistan, to prepare and publish 

scientific, popular science, educational and methodological, educational literature, to increase the 

effectiveness of the coordination of the activities of scientific, cultural, educational, public institutions 

and organizations in strengthening and developing mechanisms for the integration of science with 

education and other social spheres, to form in-depth knowledge of the history of the country among 

young people, primarily among students of secondary schools, vocational colleges, academic lyceums, 

and students of higher educational institutions. Indeed, this is its great mentoring, educational, and 

guiding power. The last quarter of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century marked a new 

era of socio-political changes in human history, and it was precisely during this period that Uzbekistan 

gained its independence as a national state. This situation also required fundamental changes in the 

science of history, theoretical and methodological renewal, in short, to be worthy of the prestige of 

independent Uzbekistan. 

 

Analysis and Results 

During the years of independence, the arsenal of historical science was renewed and changed. The 

process of deep internal transformation that took place in historical science was reflected in the 

theoretical-methodological, conceptual, substantive, and structural changes of the science. Under the 

influence of new social impulses, many topics began to be viewed in a new way. Topics that needed a 

truthful interpretation and analysis became the focus of historians' attention, and this process continues 



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to this day in reaching a firm conclusion about some of their conceptual aspects. Topics that were 

forbidden to study and misinterpreted during the Soviet era were re-studied on the basis of scientific 

impartiality - from the perspective of national independence. The range of historical research expanded, 

and new scientific directions emerged. 

The most recent history of Uzbekistan has become one of such new scientific directions in the science 

of history. It arose directly with the formation of an independent national state and is aimed at studying 

and analyzing the development of modern historical processes, generalizing historical experience, and 

thereby understanding national identity. 

"The modern history of Uzbekistan has not yet acquired an institutional character, that is, it has not 

been allocated as an independent scientific field with its own methodology, research work and 

educational and methodological support. The scale and development of events that have taken place in 

the life of our country in recent years puts before science and education the issue of their systematic 

observation. In connection with the extremely urgent need to study the modern history of Uzbekistan, 

in January 2012, the Resolution of the First President of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On the 

establishment of a public council on the modern history of Uzbekistan under the Ministry of Higher 

and Secondary Specialized Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan" was adopted. Among the main 

tasks of the Council - to deeply study and clearly demonstrate the essence and content of the "Uzbek 

model" in the formation of a democratic legal state, a socially oriented market economy, and the 

foundations of civil society, to ensure human rights and freedoms, to carry out large-scale work to 

maintain stability in society, interethnic and interreligious harmony, and to deeply study and clearly 

demonstrate the role and place of Uzbekistan in the modern world. 

During the years of independence, scientific conferences played an important role in identifying the 

current problems of historical science, reflecting the approaches and activities of the scientific 

community in finding solutions to these problems. The republican and international scientific 

conferences devoted to the discussion of these problems, such as "New History of Uzbekistan: 

Conceptual Methodological Problems" (1999); - "New History of Central Asia. Reassessment of 

History, Modern Problem and Approach" (2004), were of great importance in developing the 

theoretical and methodological foundations of historical science, approaches to historical research 

based on the requirements and criteria of the new era, and in identifying the tasks facing it. 

In May 2013, at a press conference organized by the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of 

Uzbekistan on "Current Issues in the Study of the Recent History of Uzbekistan", a summary of the 

work done was presented to the scientific community, and the tasks set before historians, based on 

world experience, were the need to raise the science of history to a new theoretical and methodological 

level and master new scientific directions. Scientific cooperation with various funds, which is one of 

the modern means of carrying out historical research, allows for the implementation of new projects. 

 

Conclusion/Recommendations 

For example, the presentations and discussions at the round table on the topic "Interdisciplinary study 

of the modern history of Uzbekistan" (September 24, 2014), held within the framework of the project 

"Modern history as a component of global processes" implemented in scientific cooperation with the 

Institute of History and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, were an important scientific event for the 

community of historians in identifying current issues and research methods of modern history. 

Considering that dissertation research is an indicator of the development of scientific knowledge in the 



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organization of the scientific process, the accumulation and development of scientific knowledge on 

the modern history of Uzbekistan during the years of independence was reflected in the dissertation 

research defended during 1991-2012. 

 

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