TASHKENT'S INDUSTRIAL GROWTH AND URBAN RECONSTRUCTION IN THE SOVIET ERA: A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS BASED ON R. AMINOVA'S RESEARCH

Abstract

This article examines the industrial and socio-economic transformation of Tashkent during the mid-twentieth century, drawing on Rakhima Aminova's monograph History of Socialist Tashkent (Vol. 2, 1966). The study traces Tashkent's evolution from a predominantly agrarian and raw-material-oriented city into one of the Soviet Union's major industrial and scientific centers. Special attention is given to the structural changes brought about by Soviet industrialization policy, the evacuation and relocation of enterprises during the Second World War, and the rapid expansion of manufacturing branches in the post-war decades.