Some views on the existence of ethnic / national identity of uzbeks in the xx century

At the moment, the process of formation and development of the Uzbek identity is one of the key issues in ethnology and anthropology of Uzbekistan. The purpose of this article is to study and analyze Englishlanguage materials on the ethnic and national identity of Uzbeks. Based on their analysis, identify the main hypotheses and conclusions on the topic of the article. And also, on the basis of the results obtained, substantiate some provisions on the formation of national identity.