The Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (US: / ʊ z ˈ b ɛ k ɪ s t æ n,-s t ɑː n /, UK: / ʊ z ˌ b ɛ k ɪ ˈ s t ɑː n, ʌ z-,-ˈ s t æ n /), also known as Soviet Uzbekistan, the Uzbek SSR, UzSSR, or simply Uzbekistan and rarely Uzbekia, was a union republic of the Soviet Union.

In 1924, national delimitation created the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic as an independent republic within the Soviet Union. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, it declared independence as the Republic of Uzbekistan on 31 August 1991.

2025年1月11日 · Uzbeks remained a minority in the capital city of Tashkent and were underrepresented in the Soviet bureaucracy and administration. Uzbeks quickly learned that real political authority was held by the Communist Party of Uzbekistan (CPUz), the republic’s branch of the central Communist Party.

Uzbekistan, [a] officially the Republic of Uzbekistan, [b] is a doubly landlocked country located in Central Asia.It is surrounded by five countries: Kazakhstan to the north, Kyrgyzstan to the northeast, Tajikistan to the southeast, Afghanistan to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southwest, making it one of only two doubly landlocked …

The Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic was a part of the Soviet Union comprised in Central Asia. Its borders encompassed much of the modern day territories of Uzbekistan.

2025年2月7日 · In response to that need, several histories of Uzbekistan—somewhat liberated from communist ideological strictures but still showing Marxist influence—appeared soon after independence, written by scholars experienced in Soviet historiography.

Since 1991, when Uzbekistan became independent of the Soviet Union, the subway system in Tashkent, the capital, has undergone some changes. The Lenin station has been renamed Independence Square. The Komsomol (Communist Youth Organization) station has been renamed Yashlik, Uzbek for "youth."

Although created in the context of the implementation of the Soviet policy of granting territorial autonomy to different nationalities in the Soviet multinational state, Uzbekistan was in many ways the embodiment of a national idea of the Central Asian intelligentsia.

2024年12月7日 · In 1924, the Soviet Union officially formed the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Uzbek SSR), combining the territories of present-day Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. By 1929, Tajikistan became a separate Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic.

2023年2月14日 · On July 27, 1990, the parliament of this republic declared its sovereignty and was finally granted independence on August 25, 1991. The country has a population of over 9 million, and its capital city, Minsk, is known for its Soviet-era architecture and cultural attractions.