Abstract:

The expressions Central Asia and Middle Asia have been used by the world community for many years as a political-geographical concept in relation to the land called Turkestan in the 19th and 20th centuries. If we pay attention to the maps of Turkestan created in the 19th-20th centuries, it can be seen that the geographical area under this name is much wider than the borders of what we call Central Asia today. Therefore, the name Turkestan is a historical name, which indicates that it was used in relation to the lands where the majority of Turkic peoples lived.

Many works related to the country's political, economic, social and cultural life have been created. But we cannot say that we have fully studied all the works created in that period. Due to the rules and prohibitions established by colonialism in the country at the beginning of the 20th century, intellectuals from Muslim countries and local enlighteners were forced to publish their works in the press. Such works can be seen a lot in the Muslim press under the colonial rule of the Russian Empire. Some works were destroyed as a result of the repressive policy of the Soviet government or were hidden from the repression and have not yet been identified. Only the names are known.

At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, the Jadidist movement and its representatives founded the national press in the country and cooperated with the brotherly nations in publishing these newspapers. Along with articles, official documents, poems, messages, the works of intellectuals were published on the pages of this newspaper. Importantly, such published works are not memoirs or memorabilia, ordered information or messages.

These are the works created on the basis of the events he witnessed and experienced while living at the beginning of the 20th century. Among such works, it is possible to cite the work of Abdurauf Muzaffarzoda, a Tatar enlightener who came to Turkestan and participated in the national press of the country.

The work of Abdurauf Muzaffarzoda published in the press was analyzed within the framework of the CESS conference. The extent to which the social and cultural landscape of Turkestan at the beginning of the 20th century was correctly described by the author of the work was illuminated by comparative analysis.