The Impact of Moscow's Policy on Political Processes in the Uzbek SSR

This article provides a historical and theoretical analysis of the political strategy implemented by the central authorities of the Soviet Union—the Kremlin—and its impact on the political life of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Uzbek SSR). The study examines such issues as the Sovietization of Uzbekistan, the process of national-territorial delimitation, the dominant position of the Communist Party in the republic's political life, personnel policy, political repression, centralized governance, the cotton monoculture, the "Cotton Affair" and the "Uzbek Affair" campaigns of the 1980s, as well as the rise of political activity during the period of perestroika.