A new generation is questioning the privileged place of the Russian language in public education and everyday life – while ...

In June 1989, Karimov held the republic’s top post, first secretary of Uzbekistan’s Communist Party. On March 24, 1990, he became president of the Uzbek SSR.

In February 1976, the head of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic - Sharaf Rashidov - stated that Uzbekistan would supply the Soviet Union with 5.5 million tons of cotton each year, up from four ...

Initially Tajikistan was founded as an autonomous region: the Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR) within the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR) in 1924.

In December 1990, the Supreme Council of the Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR), which was a part of the Uzbek SSR, adopted a "Declaration on State Sovereignty." ...

Karimov, who became president of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic in 1990 and subsequently the president of independent Uzbekistan, was an example of a Soviet-bred politician who managed a ...

Islam Karimov, the Uzbek president, who has died aged 78, ... Karimov grew up and rose to power under the USSR, becoming General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Uzbek SSR.

May 19 marks the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Crimean Tatar Genocide - the day when back in 1944 (from May 18-20), ordered by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, at least 191k Crimean ...