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TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES IN THE RESETTLEMENT POLICY OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES

Sh.V. Temirova ,

Abstract

This article examines the socio-political processes in Turkestan during the colonial period of the Russian Empire, with particular attention to the historical development and historiographical interpretation of Russia’s conquest and colonial rule in Central Asia. The study analyzes the impact of the colonial regime on the social structure, economic conditions, national relations, and way of life of the indigenous population. Particular emphasis is placed on the policy of resettling the population from the Russian Empire to Turkestan in the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, its colonial objectives, and its socio-political consequences. The article provides a comparative analysis of pre-revolutionary Russian, Soviet, post-independence Uzbek, and foreign historiography, identifying the ideological and methodological limitations that influenced interpretations of the colonial period. It also considers the role of political émigré scholars, including Mustafa Chokay, Boymirza Hayit, and Zeki Velidi Togan, in developing alternative interpretations of Russian imperial policy in Turkestan. The study argues for the necessity of an objective and systematic reassessment of the colonial period based on contemporary methodological approaches, distinguishing between genuine social and economic transformations and the negative consequences of imperial domination. Such an approach contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of Turkestan’s socio-political history and the complex legacy of Russian colonial rule.

Keywords

Turkestan, Russian Empire, colonialism, Central Asia, colonial policy, socio-political processes, population resettlement, Russian historiography, Soviet historiography, historiography of Uzbekistan, national oppression, imperial policy, colonial administration, Mustafa Chokay, Boymirza Hayit, Zeki Velidi Togan.

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Temirova, S. . (2026). TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES IN THE RESETTLEMENT POLICY OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES. Oriental Journal of Social Sciences, 6(09), 36–43. https://doi.org/10.37547/supsci-ojss-06-09-06