CITIES, GUZARS, POPULATION LOCATION AND ETHNIC COMPOSITION OF KASHKADARYA OASIS (XVIII-EARLY XX CENTURIES)

Abstract

This article provides information about the processes of urbanization of Kashkadarya oasis in the south of Uzbekistan in the XVIII-early XX centuries. The author made a scientificcomparative analysis of urbanization processes in Karshi, Shakhrisabz, Kitab, Yakkabag, Ghuzar cities of Kashkadarya oasis on the basis of primary sources of XVIII-XX centuries, as well as modern literature created on the basis of these sources. In addition, the article summarizes the dynamics, structure, classes of the population in the cities of Kashkadarya oasis during the period under study, the sights of cities, markets, fortresses, protective facilities, are included in scientific circulation.