Department of History of Uzbekistan of Samarkand State University
Head of the Department of the History of Uzbekistan of
Samarkand State University
Feruz Narmanov Asfandiyorovich
narmanov1986@gmail.com
Feruz Narmanov is a Doctor of Historical Sciences (DSc) and Associate Professor. Since 2010, he has been working at the Department of History of Uzbekistan at Samarkand State University.
Throughout his academic and pedagogical career, Feruz Narmanov has published 2 textbooks, 2 monographs, and 3 teaching manuals. In addition, he has authored more than 50 articles in international scientific journals and over 150 articles in national scientific journals. He is also a member of Scientific Councils authorized to award academic degrees in historical sciences.
Staff of Department of History of Uzbekistan
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Nabiev Farkhod Khamidovich
Doctor of historical sciences, professor. Since 2019, he has been working at the Department of History of Uzbekistan, SamSU. In 1995 he successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic "Problems and collisions of social policy in Turkestan (1917-1924)". During his career, Farhod Nabiev published 6 monographs, 1 textbook and 7 study guides. The scientist also published articles in 4 journals Scopus and Web of Science. |
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Gafforov Shokir Safarovich
Doctor of historical sciences, professor. Since 1989 he has been working at the Department of History of Uzbekistan. In 2003 he successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic "The policy of the Russian Empire on the resettlement of the population in Turkestan and its consequences (the end of the 19th century, the beginning of the 20th century)". Shokir Gafforov is a member of the editorial board of 2 international and 5 VAK journals. During his career he has published 2 textbooks, 12 study guides, 5 monographs, 6 brochures and over 360 scientific articles. Published 6 scientific articles in the Scopus and Web of Science databases. |
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Normurodova Guzal Bekmurodovna guzal.sam@mail.ru +99891 5284529
Professor at the Department of the History of Uzbekistan, Samarkand State University. In 2011, he successfully defended his Candidate’s dissertation on “Social Strata of the Samarkand Region in the Second Half of the 19th – Early 20th Centuries: Historical Analysis”, and in 2020, his Doctoral dissertation on “The Role of Social Strata in the Socio-Economic Life of the Bukhara Emirate.” Throughout his academic career, he has published 2 monographs, 2 scientific brochures, 3 textbooks and study manuals, 4 methodological guides, and more than 100 articles in academic journals. To date, he has also published more than 5 articles in journals indexed in Scopus, Web of Science, and other prestigious international databases. |
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Nasrullaev Mahmud Ibodullaevich
Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor. Since 1976 he has been working at the Department of the History of Uzbekistan at the Samarkand State University. In 1983 he successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on the topic "Education of student youth in higher educational institutions of Uzbekistan in an international spirit (1971-1980)". During his career, Mahmud Nasrullaev published 1 monograph (co-authored), more than 10 textbooks. The scientist also published 4 articles in high-ranking prestigious journals in the USA and Russia. |
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Goyibov Bobir Sobirovich
Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor. Since 2007, he has been working at the Department of the History of Uzbekistan at Samarkand State University. In 2011, he defended his Candidate’s dissertation on the topic “The Role of Panj in the Sogdian Confederation (Based on the Early Middle Ages)”, and in 2017, his Doctoral dissertation on the topic “The Formation, Development, and Decline of the Sogdian Confederation.” Throughout his academic career, Bobir G‘oyibov has published 4 study guides, 4 methodological manuals, and 11 monographs. In addition, he has authored more than 150 scholarly articles published in international academic journals. |
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Ganiev Kamol Ganievich kamalidinganiyev1947@gmail.com
Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor. Since 2016, he has been working at the Department of History of Uzbekistan, SamSU. Kamol Ganiev published more than 10 teaching aids for his work. Also, more than 20 scientific articles of the scientist have been published in international journals. |
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Vafaeva Jamila Bakiyevna +998 91 554 51 58 vafaevadjamilya1960@gmail.com Jamila Vafayeva — Candidate of Historical Sciences, Professor. Since 2020, she has been working at the Department of the History of Uzbekistan at Samarkand State University. Throughout her academic and pedagogical career, Professor Jamila Vafayeva has authored 3 textbooks, 2 monographs, 6 study guides, and 6 methodological manuals. In addition, she has published more than 80 articles in international and over 70 articles in national scientific journals. She is also actively involved in international research grant projects. |
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Rakhimov Bektosh Elmurodovich
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in historical sciences. Since 2003, he has been working at the Department of History of Uzbekistan, SamSU. In 2022, he received a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in historical sciences on the topic "The role of the Kaspiyort region in the Turkestan province." Bektosh Rakhimov is the author of more than 40 scientific papers. He has also published articles in 3 Scopus and Web of Science databases. |
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Kholikulov Rustam Sharipovich Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor. In 1980, he began working at the Samarkand State Pedagogical Institute named after S. Ainy. Since 1992 he has been working at the Department of History of Uzbekistan. In 1992 he successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on the topic "Formation of new economic relations in agriculture in Uzbekistan (1985-1990)". During his career, Rustam Kholikulov published 1 textbook, 3 teaching aids, published about 130 scientific papers in about 10 foreign journals. |
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Iriskulov Olimjon Jahongirovich Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Historical Sciences, Associate Professor. He successfully defended his PhD thesis on "Socio-economic and cultural processes in Samarkand in the second half of the 19th century and early 20th century". To date, Olimjon Iriskulov is the author of 2 monograph, 3 textbooks and 4 manuals. He has also published more than 70 scientific articles in journals and local editions included in Scopus, Web of Science and other prestigious international databases. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NfLv7KEAAAAJ&hl=ru&oi=sra |
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Ravshanov Sherbek Tursunkulovich +99890 600 36 33 sherbek.ravshanov111@mail.ru Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Historical Sciences. Since 2021 he has been working at the Department of History of Samarkand Civilization of Samarkand State University. In 2022 he successfully defended his doctoral thesis on "The Social History of the Resettlement of the Russian Empire in Turkestan (late 19th century - 1917)". To date Sherbek Ravshanov has published 1 monograph, more than 30 scientific articles in prestigious international journals and local editions. https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=ru&user=ijo5cKUAAAAJ |
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Yakubova Mukhtaram Bakaevna e-mail:yakubovamukhtaram@gmail.com Assistant at the Department of the History of Civilization of Samarkand. Since 2021 she has been working at the Department of the History of Civilization of Samarkand, Faculty of History, Samara State University. She conducts research on the themes "The History of Samarkand in Western Historiography", "The History of Central Asia in German-German Studies". Mukhtaram Yakubova has published 5 monographs, 1 textbook and more than 40 scientific articles in prestigious international and local journals. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YDYbX8EAAAAJ&hl=ru |
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Abzalov Lenar Firgatovich Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor. Since 2024, he has been working at the Department of History of Uzbekistan at the Faculty of History, Sharof Rashidov Samarkand State University. In 2009, he defended his candidate dissertation at Kazan State University on the topic "Official Written Language and Office Culture of the Ulus of Jochi." He is fluent in Russian, Tatar, English, and Turkish. During his career, he has authored 5 textbooks, 7 monographs, and more than 40 scientific articles. More than 13 articles of his have been published in SCOPUS journals, and his Hirsch-index is 3. He is a member of the Russian Science Foundation grant project for the years 2022-2025 on the topic “Social and Political Organization of the Eurasian Space in the Middle Ages (Historical Experience of the Golden Horde and Iran in the 13th–14th Century)” (Project number: 23-18-00147, link). |
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Gatin Marat Salavatovich Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor. Since 2024, he has been working at the Department of History of Uzbekistan at the Faculty of History, Sharof Rashidov Samarkand State University. In 2006, he defended his candidate dissertation at Kazan State University on the topic "Problems of the History of the Ulus of Jochi and Post-Mongol States of Eastern Europe in 19th–20th Century German Historiography." He is fluent in Russian, Tatar, German, English, and Uzbek. During his career, he has authored 6 textbooks, 11 monographs, and more than 90 scientific articles. More than 12 articles of his have been published in SCOPUS journals, and his Hirsch-index is 3. He is the leader of the Russian Science Foundation grant project for the years 2022-2025 on the topic “Social and Political Organization of the Eurasian Space in the Middle Ages (Historical Experience of the Golden Horde and Iran in the 13th–14th Century)” (Project number: 23-18-00147, link). |
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Aleksandr Strokanov Director of the Institute of Humanities at Vermont State University, Professor. He teaches courses on Introduction to World History, Western Civilization, European and Asian History. Aleksandr Strokanov is the author of more than 12 textbooks, over 70 scholarly articles, and a participant in several international grant projects. Research interests: History and politics of Central Asia, including Uzbekistan. |
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Khabidzhanova Gulnara Bolatovna Graduated from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor. Author of more than 42 educational and methodological works, and over 40 research articles published in international journals, including those indexed in SCOPUS and Web of Science. She is the leader and participant of several international and fundamental projects. |
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Xurramova Saodat Xabibovna Since 1980, she has been working at the Department of Philosophy at Samarkand State University (SamDU), and since 2004, she has been serving as an associate professor at the Regional Training and Retraining Center of SamDU. Saodat Xurramova is a Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, and has been working at the Department of History of Uzbekistan at SamDU since 2024. In 1991, she successfully defended her candidate dissertation on the topic “Developing Interest in Social Knowledge among High School Students.” Throughout her career, Saodat Xurramova has published more than 10 educational and methodological manuals. Furthermore, she has authored over 60 scientific articles which have been published in foreign and national journals. |
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Khasanova Shokhista Khasanovna Assistant of the Department. Since 2007 she has been working at the Department of History of Uzbekistan at SamSU. Shokhista Khasanova has published more than 25 scientific articles during her career. |
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Aziza Shotemirova Usarovna Assistant at the Department of the History of Uzbekistan, Samarkand State University, where she has been working since 2015. She is conducting research on the topic: “Industrial Enterprises and the Social Life of Workers and Employees in Samarkand Region (1946–1991).” Throughout her career, Aziza Shotemirova has published 5 articles in international journals and 10 in national journals. |
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Kholikulov Azizbek Yorkulovich Assistant to the Department. Since 2019 works at the Department of History of Uzbekistan SamSU. He conducts scientific research on the topic "History of economic relations of early medieval Sogd". During his career Azizbek Kholikulov published scientific articles in 3 foreign and 8 national journals. |
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Khasanov Murоd Gaibullaevich
Assistant at the Department of History of Samarkand Civilization. Since 2021 he has been working at the Department of History of Samarkand Civilization, Faculty of History, Samara State University. He conducts scientific research on "The socio-economic and cultural life of the Bukhara Emirate in the second half of the 18th century and the middle of the 19th century". https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=ru&user=PWHtdKcAAAAJ |
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Michael Shenkar Associate Professor of Pre-Islamic Iranian Studies. His research focuses on the civilizations and cultures of the pre-Islamic Iranian world, studied through material remains and visual representations. His academic interests include the archaeology, art, and religions of pre-Islamic Iran and Central Asia, with a particular focus on Zoroastrianism (especially religious iconography), the culture of Eurasian nomads, Sogdian civilization, and the history of the Silk Roads. Professor Shenkar is currently co-director (together with Dr. Sharof Qurbonov, Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan) of the excavations at Sanjar-Shah, a city in northern Sogdiana dating from the 5th–9th centuries CE. His scholarly contributions include “Intangible Spirits and Carved Images. The Iconography of the Gods in Pre-Islamic Iran” (Boston–Leiden, 2014), “The Story of Faramarz in the Panjikent Murals” (2014), “Rethinking Sasanian Iconoclasm” (2015), “The Great Iranian Divide: Between the Aniconic West and the Anthropomorphic East” (2017), and “The Origins of the Sogdian Civic Communities (nāf)” (2020). Professor Shenkar has been awarded several prestigious honors, including the Alon Fellowship for Young Lecturers (Council for Higher Education, Israel), the Prix de l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (Institut de France, Paris), the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship (German Archaeological Institute, Berlin), and the Max Shlomjuk Prize for Best Doctoral Dissertation (Hebrew University of Jerusalem). He teaches courses on Zoroastrianism, civilizations and cultures of pre-Islamic Iran and Central Asia, the material culture of the Sasanian Empire, the Sogdian civilization, and the history of the Silk Roads. |
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Sadullah Gülten Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor. Since 2025, he has been working at the Faculty of History, Samarkand State University named after Sharof Rashidov. He received the title of Associate Professor in 2014 and Professor in 2019. In 2023, he began working at the Department of Alevi-Bektashi Culture at Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University. Professor Gülten is also the Director of the Research Center for Turkish Culture and Hacı Bektash Veli Studies. He has written scholarly articles on topics such as “Bozok Turkmens,” “Cracks from Ancestors to Homeland,” “Heterodox Dervishes and Alevis,” “The Ancestors of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH),” and “History of the Turks.” He is the author of several books, including “Ali,” “Qizilbash between the Ottomans and Safavids,” “From Bozok to Yozgat: Villages and Peasants (1529–1844),” “Three, Seven, Forty: Sultans of the Spiritual World,” and “From the Huns to the Foundation of the Republic of Turkey” (editor). |
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About the Department of History of Uzbekistan The Department of History of Uzbekistan at Samarkand State University was founded in 1929-1937 under the name of the Department of History of Central Asia in the Higher Pedagogical Institute (1927-1930) of the Higher Pedagogical Academy (1930-1933) of Uzbek State University. In 1937-1941 it continued its activity under the name of department of history of the people of Uzbekistan. After restoration of the UzSU in 1944 it functioned as chair of history of Central Asia and foreign east countries, in 1959-1994 again under the name of history of the people of Uzbekistan, and in 1994-2005 years chair of history of Fatherland. Since 2005 the interdepartmental chair of the history of Uzbekistan joined the chair of the history of Fatherland and works under its current name.
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To date, the department employs 2 doctors of sciences, professors, 2 doctors of sciences and 6 candidates of sciences, associate professors, 5 candidates of sciences and 3 assistants. Members of the department maintain close ties with scientists from NUUz, Far State University, AnSU, TashP State University, Gul State University, Buch State University, Kar State University, Ter State University, Navoi and Djizak universities and other higher educational institutions of the republic, Institute of History and Institute of Archaeology SAUz, Oxford University in England, Harvard University in the USA, Berlin University and Humboldt University in Germany, Vienna University (Austria), Lomonosov Moscow State University and other foreign specialists. Professor Alexander Morrison of Oxford University and Professor Alexander Kadyrbaev of Moscow State University are currently working in the department. |
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Since 2021, under the department works scientific center "History of the Uzbek people and its statehood", as well as student scientific circle "Moziydan sado". Talented students of the department compete in various national competitions. For example, they took part in the competition "Think Tests" on the study of the new history of Uzbekistan with the team "Heirs of Ulugbek" and took 1st place in 2012 and 3rd place in 2013. Among the graduates of the department there are winners of the Presidential Scholarship, scholarships named after famous figures, winners of national Olympiads. By the present time teachers of the department have created more than 40 textbooks, manuals, texts of lectures, educational and methodical manuals, collections and instructions, and more than 20 monographs, about 50 scientific articles, published a popular brochure, more than 30 scientific collections, about 900 scientific articles and more than 200 popular science articles. |
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Currently, the department conducts research on "History of statehood in the territory of Uzbekistan: traditions and transformation processes (2021-2025)". Famous scientists who graduated from the department: Professor Pulat Soliev (1882-1937) - one of the organizers of the Samarkand State University, head of the Department of History of Central Asia, one of the founders of the historical school in Uzbekistan. Professor I. Umnyakov (1894-1976) - scientist of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Professor M. Aminov (1908-1992) - scientist of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Professor M. Abramov (1926-1998) - owner of the Order "Dustlik". |
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Educational disciplines taught at the department Bachelor's Degree
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