Open AccessTHE MODERN ETHNIC GEOGRAPHY OF UZBEKISTAN
Author(s) -
Виктор Николаевич Федорко,
Sergey L. Yanchuk,
Shukhrat B. Kurbanov
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
geografičeskij vestnik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2079-7877
DOI - 10.17072/2079-7877-2020-4-63-80
Subject(s) - zoning , geography , ethnic group , census , population , administrative division , regional science , economic geography , physical geography , demography , political science , sociology , law
Spatial analysis of the population ethnic structure is a poorly developed area of socio-geographical research in Uzbekistan. The authors of the article are the first to develop a multi-level scheme of ethno-geographical zoning of Uzbekistan based on the current statistical data on the ethnic composition of the population in the republic. These statistical materials are the only source of information on the ethnic structure of the population of the country and its regions, taking into account the fact that the census in Uzbekistan has not been conducted after 1989. In the course of research, the methodological foundations of ethno-geographical zoning of Uzbekistan were developed, in particular, its principles, criteria, and taxonomic units. Ethno-geographical zoning was carried out in accordance with the grid of administrative-territorial division based on spatial grouping of rural areas and cities of regional and republican subordination; 33 types of ethnic environments were distinguished. Zoning is three-level and includes three taxonomic stages: 4 ethnogeographic provinces, 6 ethnogeographic districts and 32 ethnogeographic areas. In addition, there were identified ‘through’ spatial units − ethnogeographic tiers: upper (mountain), middle (foothill-plain) and lower (desert-oasis). The main ethnogeographic boundaries within the territory of Uzbekistan, tied to the orographic and landscape boundaries, were determined. The features of the population ethnic structure in all the ethnogeographic provinces, districts and areas are characterized. An ethno-geographical zoning map of the republic has been compiled.