The article explains the importance of archival materials of the second half of the 19th and the
beginning of the 20th centuries as archival materials, in particular, issues of foundations kept in the
fifth store named as “Head department of Zarafshan region” of CSA RUz (Central State Archive of the
Republic of Uzbekistan) that are the main sources of the history of our country. The source value of
official correspondence, notices, information and records, selected from thousands of records, is
scientifically grounded in the study of the Zarafshan foundation property, status, income and activities
of the Russian administration