Open AccessAGRICULTURAL AND WATERING SYSTEM OF SAMARKAND IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE XIX CENTURY AND THE EARLY XX CENTURY
Author(s) -
U.A. Usarov,
Natalia Alimova
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
current research journal of history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2767-472X
DOI - 10.37547/history-crjh-02-07-03
Subject(s) - agrarian society , agriculture , empire , tributary , irrigation , colonialism , geography , agricultural economics , economy , political science , water resource management , history , ancient history , economics , archaeology , environmental science , cartography , agronomy , biology
This article analyzes agricultural and land-water relations in the second half of the XIX and early XX centuries of Samarkand region on the basis number of sources, literature and research studies. The article provides information about the Zarafshan River, which was the region's main source of irrigation its tributaries and other water systems. There were presented traditions of irrigated agriculture in the region, types of agricultural products, rules of their cultivation, irrigation procedures and harvest time. The article also analyzes the agrarian policy of the Russian Empire which is connected with colonial interests in the Samarkand region and its consequences.