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Sharof Rashidovich Rashidov (Uzbek Cyrillic: Шароф Рашидович Рашидов; russian: Шараф Рашидович Рашидов, translit=Sharaf Rashidovich Rashidov; – 31 October 1983) was a Communist Party leader in the Uzbek SSR and a CPSU Central Committee Politburo candidate member between 1961 and 1983.
After Uzbekistan's independence, Rashidov's image was rehabilitated by Uzbek President Islam Karimov as a symbol of national strength against detrimental Soviet central planning.
Biography
Born the day before theRussian Revolution
The Russian Revolution was a period of Political revolution (Trotskyism), political and social revolution that took place in the former Russian Empire which began during the First World War. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and ad ...
to a poor peasant family in Jizzakh, Uzbekistan, Sharof Rashidov worked as a teacher, journalist and editor for a Samarkand
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newspaper. He returned home in 1942 with wounds suffered on the German front in World War II. He became head of the Uzbekistan Writers Union in 1949, and was elected to the post of Chairman of the Praesidium of the Uzbek Supreme Soviet in 1950. In 1959, he became First Secretary of the Uzbek Communist Party, a post he held to his death in 1983.
In the Soviet Union his name became synonymous with corruption, nepotism and the Uzbek cotton scandal
The Uzbek cotton scandal, also known simply as the cotton scandal (russian: хлопковое дело, uz, paxta ishi) or the Uzbek scandal (russian: Узбекское дело, link=no, uz, oʻzbek ishi, link=no), was a widespread corrup ...
of the Era of Stagnation. With orders from Moscow to grow increasing quantities of cotton, the Uzbek government responded by reporting miraculous growth in land irrigated and harvested, and record improvements in production and efficiency. The Uzbek leadership used these exaggerated figures to transfer substantial amounts of wealth from central Soviet funds into Uzbekistan.
Rashidov died on 31 October 1983 in Ellikqala District, Karakalpak ASSR, Uzbek SSR. Immediately after his death, rumors spread that he had realized he was about to be disgraced and thus committed suicide. However, this has never been confirmed.
Legacy
After Uzbekistan's independence, Rashidov's image was rehabilitated by Uzbek President Islam Karimov as a symbol of national strength against detrimental Soviet central planning.
Personal life
His daughter Gulnara married Uzbek statesman and diplomat Abdulaziz Kamilov. His granddaughter Sayyora Rashidova was a chemist who was a member of the Oliy Majlis.See also
* '' The Pyramid. The Soviet Mafia''References