Subject of the research: Ethnic peculiarities of sub-Ethnic components in the composition of Uzbek nation, issues of their formation and Ethnic history arc being researched based on materials of Surkhan-Shcrobod valley.
Purpose of work: Based on Ethnographic materials analyze peculiarities of Ethnic composition, system of clan divisions and its genesis, Ethno cultural contacts between various Ethnic components, mechanism of economic-cultural types’ effect to Ethnic processes and Ethnic differentiation.
Methods of research: historical approach, comparative-historical analysis, territorial-problcm-chronologic, interview, participant observation, oral history.
The results obtained and their novelty: Study has elicited Ethnic composition of the population, in particular apparent Ethnic components in the composition of Uzbek nation, retaining of various Ethnonyms, dialects, and Economic-cultural features as compared with other regions’ Ethnographical data. It has also researched multisidcd changeable and permeable character of Ethnic and Cultural borders in the researched period. It has analyzed Ethnological aspects of lifestyle variations related to influence of Economical-cultural types and continuous preservation of Ethnic differentiation.
Practical value: results and conclusions of the research have scientific and practical significance for the study issues of Ethnic history of Uzbek nation relevant to Ethnicity, Ethno Cultural Identity, as well as effect of sedentary and semi-sedentary population and their Ethnic differentiation.
Degree of embed and economic efficiency: Total author has published 17 articles on the topic of the dissertation. Out of them 3 articles have been published in in the scientific journals, 14 articles in the collections of local and international scientific conferences as well as internet portal “ZiyoNET”.
Field of application: Results of the study can be used to conduct complex research of Ethnic History of Uzbek nation, Lecture specialized courses and practical seminars to instruct university students of Ethnology, and create textbooks and manuals for bachelor and master degree programs, as well as to resolve issues of Ethno cultural contacts and inter-Ethnic relations.
