The ''National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan'' () is a general-knowledge
encyclopedia
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written in
Uzbek. The majority of the articles in the ''National Encyclopedia'' were directly taken from the ''
Uzbek Soviet Encyclopedia
The ''Uzbek Soviet Encyclopedia'' (; ) is the largest and most comprehensive encyclopedia in the Uzbek language, comprising 14 volumes. It is the first general-knowledge encyclopedia in Uzbek.
The Uzbek Soviet Encyclopedia was printed in the Cyri ...
''.
While the ''Uzbek Soviet Encyclopedia'' was published in 14 volumes, the ''National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan'' has only 12 volumes. The first volume of the ''National Encyclopedia'' was published in 2000. The final 12th volume was published in 2006.
History
The ''National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan'' was published in
Tashkent
Tashkent (), also known as Toshkent, is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uzbekistan, largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of more than 3 million people as of April 1, 2024. I ...
from 2000 to 2005 by the National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan State Scientific Publishing House. The encyclopedia was printed in
Cyrillic
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even though it was published long after Uzbekistan introduced the
Latin script
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to Uzbek. In 2013, all of the articles of the ''National Encyclopedia'' were added to the
Uzbek Wikipedia with the help of a
bot
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. In 2022, the Agency of Information and Mass Communications under the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan officially released the OʻzME under a
CC BY 4.0 license.
Content
The ''National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan'' has about 50,000 entries. The majority of the articles in the ''National Encyclopedia'' were directly taken from the ''Uzbek Soviet Encyclopedia''. The bulk of the ''National Encyclopedia'' (40 percent) is devoted to subjects about Uzbekistan. About 60 percent of the articles are on
social sciences
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and the other 40 percent are on
natural sciences
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. The 12th volume is entirely dedicated to subjects about Uzbekistan.
The encyclopedia praises
Islam Karimov
Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov (30 January 1938 – 2 September 2016) was an Uzbek politician who served as the first president of Uzbekistan, from the country's independence in 1991 until his death in 2016. He was the last First Secretary of the ...
, the late president of Uzbekistan, and his administration. The first volume starts with a congratulatory letter from Karimov.
Volumes
See also
* ''
Uzbek Soviet Encyclopedia
The ''Uzbek Soviet Encyclopedia'' (; ) is the largest and most comprehensive encyclopedia in the Uzbek language, comprising 14 volumes. It is the first general-knowledge encyclopedia in Uzbek.
The Uzbek Soviet Encyclopedia was printed in the Cyri ...
''
*
Culture of Uzbekistan
The culture of Uzbekistan has a wide mix of ethnic groups and cultures, with the Uzbeks being the majority group. In 1995, about 71.5% of Uzbekistan's population was Uzbek. The chief minority groups were Russians (8.4%), Tajiks (officially 5%, but ...
*
Uzbek literature
Uzbek literature refers to the literature produced and developed in the Republic of Uzbekistan with additional literary works contributed by the Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan people of Central Asia. Influenced by Russian and Turkish li ...
References
External links
Official website of the ''National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan''
All volumes of the ''National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan''{{in lang, uz
Asian encyclopedias
Uzbekistani literature
Uzbek-language encyclopedias
General encyclopedias
2000 non-fiction books
21st-century encyclopedias