Periodical Press of the Ferghana Valley on the Eve and During the

Second World War

Dildora Alinazarova

National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Keywords: Cyrillic, Ferghana Valley, Central Committee, Military Journalists, Photojournalists, Freelance

Correspondents, Newspaper.

Abstract: The article examines the periodical press of the Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan on the eve and during the

Second World War. The functioning of regional periodicals during the war years is analysed. The activity of

military officers, photojournalists, freelance correspondents, as well as lino typists and typesetters of printing

houses is considered. Based on archival data, new names of military journalists who served at the front and

in the rear have been revealed.

1 INTRODUCTION

The population of Uzbekistan, after heavy losses

during the period of collectivization and kulaks, as

well as the policy of mass repression, in the late 30s

and early 40s of the 20th century, in the conditions of

a temporary peace, gradually withdrew and engaged

in active creative activity. During this period, the

appearance of Uzbek villages and cities began to

change. On January 15, 1938, 5 regions were initially

formed as part of the Uzbek SSR, including the

Fergana region. March 6, 1941 Andijan and

Namangan regions were separated from the Fergana

region.

Further modernization of cotton growing and

other branches of agriculture in the conditions of

Uzbekistan was closely connected with the solution

of the water problem. Given the importance of this

issue, on the basis of the decision of the Central

Committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan

and the Council of People's Commissars of the Uzbek

SSR on practical measures for the construction of the

canal dated June 6, 1939, the Great Fergana Canal

began. On August 1, 1939, 160,000 people went to

hashar - the laying of the Great Ferghana Canal. The

Great Ferghana Canal was built by the Khashar in 45

days, that is, August 1 - September 17, 1939. The

Great Ferghana Canal named after Usman Yusupov

is a major irrigation canal in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan

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and Tajikistan. Built in 1939-1940, it was one of the

largest hydraulic structures of the former USSR -

Alinazarova, D.V. (2020) - Bolshoy Ferganskiy kanal.

(1939) - Yefimov Yu. (1989).

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PRESS OF THE FERGANA

VALLEY ON THE EVE OF THE

SECOND WORLD WAR

Thanks to the construction of the Great Fergana Canal

together with the Southern Fergana Canal (in 1940-

1941), the volume of irrigation in the Fergana Valley

increased significantly. The cotton harvest in the

region has doubled. Of course, from the very

beginning of work at the GFC, printed publications

were organized to cover the construction of the canal

- the newspapers «На Сталинской стройке» («On

the Stalin Construction») and «Stalincha qurilishda»

in Russian and Uzbek.

As an organ of the Central Committee and the

Ferghana Regional Committee of the CP(b) of

Uzbekistan for the construction of the Great Ferghana

Canal, newspapers have been published daily since

1939 and distributed free of charge. And although in

1939 a commission was established under the Board

of the People's Commissariat of the Uzbek SSR to

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develop the Uzbek alphabet based on Cyrillic, the

newspaper «Stalincha qurilishda» in Uzbek was still

published in Latin. In addition, on February 17, 1940,

the newspaper «Northern Ferghana Canal», the organ

of the Central Committee and the Ferghana Regional

Committee of the CP(b) of Uzbekistan for the

construction of the Northern Ferghana Canal, began

its activity.

The newspapers «На Сталинской стройке»,

«Северный Ферганский канал» (On the Stalinist

Construction Site and the Northern Ferghana Canal)

introduced their readers to the works of each

collective farm separately. In addition to the official

and interesting sections of the newspaper, there was a

section «Board of Honor», where the newspaper's

editorial office constantly entered the names of

workers for exemplary and selfless work on the

construction of the Ferghana Canal and, of course,

introduced its readers to such news. Similarly, in the

newspaper «Stalincha qurilishda» in Uzbek, there

was a column called «Hurmat Tahtasi». Also, a

number of articles were constantly cited on page 3

under the heading «With a huge rise, builders are

approaching the completion of earthworks». A great

merit in the colorfulness and highness of these

newspapers, photojournalists like A.Shaikhet,

M.Penson, M.Albert, G.Zilmu, D.Nazarov, etc.

The Second World War forced the residents of the

Fergana Valley to take up such hard work at such a

time!? Of course, the command to start the

construction of the Great Ferghana Canal (GFC) was

given from Moscow in order to develop new lands for

cotton. The heroic work of the builders was highly

appreciated by the government. By the Decree of the

Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated

April 28, 1940, 448 builders were awarded orders and

medals. The sign «Participant in the construction of

the Great Ferghana Canal» was established. Hundreds

of leaders were awarded this badge. In a word, the

construction of the BFC has become a nationwide

construction site.

In addition to the special newspapers «На

сталинской стройке» and «Сталинча қурилишда»,

«On the Stalinist construction site» and «Stalincha

qurilishda», republican, regional, city and district

newspapers were also introduced to all the

achievements and details of construction. According

to the Central Statistical Office under the Council of

Ministers of the UzSSR, 32 newspapers were

published in one Fergana Valley as of January 1,

1940: 2 regional, 8 city and 22 district newspapers.

Almost all of these newspapers during this period

create new headings covering the construction of the

BFC and its employees. It is safe to say that the

construction of the BFC has entered our history as one

of the greatest examples of labour feat and has

become a symbol of the heroic labour of the Uzbek

people. On June 22, 1941, Hitler's Germany launched

an offensive against the USSR. For the peoples of the

Soviet Union, including the peoples of Uzbekistan,

the time has come for severe trials and selfless

struggle against the Nazi invaders.

One of the important sources by which the history

of the Second World War can be traced is newspapers.

The contribution of mass media workers, journalists,

correspondents of our country to the historic victory

over Nazi Germany in the 1941-1945 war was

enormous. The press was the sharpest weapon of

ideological and political education of the masses

during the war years. At that time, 200 newspapers

were published in Uzbekistan, 124 of them in Uzbek.

In addition, there were 52 magazines in the country,

19 of which were also published in Uzbek. The one-

time circulation of newspapers in Uzbekistan was

900,000 copies, and in Uzbek - 600,000 copies. In

addition to regular coverage of the situation on the

fronts on the pages of newspapers and magazines, the

journalistic pen covered the lives of those who

worked tirelessly in the rear for a glorious victory,

enduring hardships and suffering in the industrial and

agricultural, educational and cultural spheres of the

country.

After the separation of the Andijan and Namangan

regions from the Ferghana region on March 6, 1941,

the number of regional newspapers increased from 2

to 6. In 1941, the number of newspapers increased by

almost 9 compared to 1937 and reached 38. The one-

time circulation of regional newspapers over the years

increased from 11569 to 51,565 thousand copies.

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PRESS OF THE FERGHANA

VALLEY DURING THE

SECOND WORLD WAR

During the war, 38 newspapers were published in the

Fergana Valley alone, 32 of which were in Uzbek.

There were 14 newspapers published in the Ferghana

region (2 regional, 2 city and 10 district). This is

evidenced by the data of the Central Statistical Office

under the Council of Ministers of the UzSSR on

January 1, 1942. There were 13 newspapers published

in the Andijan region (2 regional, 11 district) and 11

newspapers in the Namangan region (2 regional, 9

district). They reflect the materials of both central

and local news. The number and work of wall

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newspapers, battle sheets, lightning sheets and photo

newspapers has increased significantly. The role of

war correspondents is increasing, the number of

freelance correspondents is growing.

During the Second World War, such regional

newspapers were published in the Ferghana Valley

as: «Сталин ҳақиқати» and «За Коммунизм»

(«Stalinist Party» and «For Communism») - the organ

of the organizational bureau of the Central Committee

of the CP (b)Uz in Namangan region, City Committee

of KP(b)Uz and the organizing committee of the

Supreme Soviet of the UzSSR, «Ферганская

правда» и «Коммуна» («Ferghana Pravda» and

«Commune») - the organ of the Ferghana Regional

Committee and the City Committee of the

Communist Party of Uzbekistan, the regional and city

Council of Workers and «Сталинское знамя» and

«Коммунист» («Stalin Banner» and «Communist») -

the organ of the Andijan Regional Committee and the

City Committee of the Communist Party of

Uzbekistan, the regional and city Council of Workers'

Deputies. The pages of these newspapers constantly

published articles about the heroic deeds of our

people at the front and in the rear.

3.1 Review of the Periodical Press of

Namangan Region during the

Second World War

The regional daily newspaper of Namangan region

«Stalin haqiqati» began to be published from 1936 to

1958 in Uzbek. Its circulation during this period

increased to 4 thousand. The first editors of the

newspaper were T. Fatkhulin, Y.Koraev, and during

the Second World War and after its end at different

times were K.Uzokov, S.Tilla, T.Soatov,

S.Otazhonov, A.Hamroev and A.Madumarov,

T.Fatkhulin in the first years, one of the first went to

war, as a war correspondent.

One chapter of the work of T.Ernazarov and

A.Akbarov «The History of the press of Uzbekistan

(1925 – 1952)» is called «The creation and

strengthening of the front of the war of the press in

the Uzbek language». The authors noted that in 1943,

on the fronts of the Second World War, 13 frontline

and 3 divisional newspapers were published in

Uzbek: «Dushmanga qarshi olga» («Forward against

the enemy») on the 1st Baltic Front, «Suvorovchi»

(«Suvorovets») on the II Baltic Front, «Vatan Uchun»

(«for the Motherland») on the 3rd Baltic Front, «Front

haqiqati» («The Truth of the Front») on the I-th

Belorussian Front, «Qizil askar hakikati» («The truth

of the Red Soldier») on the 3rd Belorussian front,

«Vatan sharafi uchun» («For the honor of the

Motherland») on the I-th Ukrainian Front and others.

Many Uzbek journalists served in frontline

newspapers published in Uzbek and, seeing firsthand

the military exploits of their compatriots, wrote

poems and essays about them. In this, of course, the

role of the editor of the Namangan regional

newspaper Fatkhulin is great. He wrote articles for

both frontline and regional newspapers. In the most

difficult military year of 1941, B. Zhonboev was

appointed the responsible editor of the newspaper

«Stalin haqiqati». Under his leadership, the

newspaper was printed daily, on all days of the week,

delivering information to the people.

During the war, the seal served as an important

and powerful spiritual weapon of the Soviet state in

mobilizing the people and the army to fight, in raising

the morale of soldiers on the battlefields. Of particular

note is the contribution to the great victory of the so-

called «unarmed soldiers» drafted from the Ferghana

Valley into the army in 1941-1945, their heroic but

tragic life and fate.

After the approval of the resolution of the Central

Committee of May 24, 1943 «On the reorganization

of the structure of party organizations in the Red

Army and strengthening the role of front-line, army

and divisional newspapers», political organizations

did a lot of work on educating journalistic personnel,

promoting new fresh forces from soldiers and officers

capable of journalistic and literary activity.

The business and moral qualities of every military

journalist were subjected to a thorough analysis, and

people unworthy of holding such a high rank were

expelled from the editorial offices. The requirements

for the military knowledge of front-line

newspapermen and their combat skills have sharply

increased. Journalists persistently studied what was

needed in the war, passed tests according to a certain

program.

A lot of information about military journalists

who have made a great contribution to the

development and prosperity of the periodical press of

the Fergana Valley can be found in the documents

stored in the 796th fund of the State Archive of

Namangan region. Raphael Ivanovich Myaskov

proved himself to be a courageous and skillful

military journalist – correspondent of «Stalinist»,

who wrote to the newspaper from the front. In

particular, in the article Y.Egamberdieva

«Moskvadagi bosh muhbirimiz» («Our chief

correspondent in Moscow”), dedicated to the

activities of R.I. Myaskov, writes: «... Here lives the

real son of our Namangan, one of the ardent agitators,

veteran journalist Rafael Ivanovich Myaskov. His

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childhood, life and work are mostly closely connected

with our flourishing city and the destinies of people

with an open soul».

In 1944, at the turning point of the Second World

War, R.I.Myaskov was sent to the front to write

articles for the newspaper «Stalin haqiqati». At the

front, R.I. Myaskov, together with experienced

journalists such as K.Uzokov, I. Yusupov, I. Aliyev,

jointly mobilized the people to achieve the great

victory. His excellent knowledge of the Uzbek

language, culture and traditions of the Uzbek people

greatly helped him in his journalistic frontline

activities. After the war, working as a correspondent

for «Komsomolskaya Pravda», then in the

newspapers «Soviet Russia», «Izvestia», traveled all

over Uzbekistan. But wherever he was, R. Myaskov

did not forget his homeland, his magnificent city of

Namangan and its simple, hospitable people.

The Central Committee of the CPSU (b), together

with the leadership of the Main Directorate of

Political Propaganda, entrusted the representatives of

party bodies in the Red Army with responsibility for

minimizing problems in the work of war

correspondents, as well as how to use all available

resources to help them. So, by the beginning of

September 1941, all representatives of the largest

army publications were provided with cars. In

addition, all of them were given special passes that

allow them to go to the front line in order to receive

accurate and timely information about what is

happening on the front line. Also, the pass made it

possible to request from the command of the units the

necessary assistance in finding materials and

information. Another important change in the work of

journalists of army publications was the creation of a

mobile photo lab - thanks to this innovation, TASS

photographers accompanying the authors could

process the pictures in the shortest possible time. This

allowed us to speed up the process of preparing future

editions.

All representatives of the military press received

weapons, uniforms, and the issue of their nutrition

was resolved. It was also decided to organize regular

visits of war correspondents to meetings of the

headquarters of army formations to obtain

information about the situation at the front and the

formation of topics most in need of coverage in army

publications.

The years of the Second World War had a

significant impact on the state budget of the country,

however, the circulation of newspapers published in

the valley only increased. If we consider the example

of «Stalin haqiqati», then at the beginning of 1941 its

circulation was 4 thousand, in 1945 it reached 6,300

copies. The responsible editor in the last years of the

war was a colleague and friend of R.Myaskov -

journalist K.Uzokov.

The second regional newspaper of Namangan

region during the Second World War was a

newspaper published in Russian – «For

Communism». It was published from 1941 to 1958,

the responsible editor of which was R.Pommrich,

after him Glanstein worked in this position.

The outbreak of the Second World War required

the restructuring of the press in a military manner. On

the second day of the war, by a joint resolution of the

Central Committee of the CPSU (b) and the SNK of

the USSR, the «Soviet information byurosidan» was

created and a front-line press system was created in a

short time, which was multinational in nature. In all

regional and district newspapers, the heading «Soviet

information byurosidan» («From the

Sovinformburo») became a permanent heading,

where morning and evening news from the front and

rear were published.

Decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet

of the USSR on awarding fighters for feats in the fight

against fascism were published on the front pages of

regional and district newspapers. In particular, in the

issue of the newspaper dated August 5, 1941, there is

information about D.A.Zaitsev, I.I.Ivanov,

N.A.Dobnov receiving the title of Hero of the Soviet

Union together with the Order «Lenin» and the medal

«Oltin Yulduz» («Gold Star»). You can also read the

decree on awarding the 72nd and 108th cavalry

regiments and the 12th separate cavalry Artillery

Division with the Order «Dogwood Bayrok» («Red

Banner») for heroic deeds in the fight against German

fascism and for courage. The fourth page of the

newspaper published mainly photographs from the

fields and battlefields.

On January 1, 1942, an interesting article entitled

«New Year's gifts to the defenders of the

Motherland», written by special correspondents of the

newspaper, was placed on the front page of the festive

issue of the newspaper. It was reported that the

collective farmers of the Papsky district of Namangan

region sent New Year's gifts to the soldiers of the

active army, where representatives of different

nationalities fought side by side - Russians and

Uzbeks, Tatars, Ukrainians and Belarusians and

many others - dried fruits, nuts, almonds, apricots,

shag, soap, woolen mittens, socks, towels,

handkerchiefs with their own embroidery, etc.

The collective farm “Pravda”, the Village Council

sent 134 kg of sugar apricot, 15 kg of kishmish, and

many other dried fruits to the valiant soldiers of the

Red Army. The collective farm «Syr-darya», Sangsky

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Village Council, sent 260 kg of dried fruits to the

front-line soldiers, the collective farm “Yangi-

Davlyat” - 187 kilograms. Workers and employees of

the Gulbach state farm contributed over 2,600 rubles

to the acquisition of gifts to veterans. And the staff of

the newspaper «For Communism» regularly provided

this kind of information on the front pages of the

newspaper under the general heading «From the

Soviet Information Bureau».

In the article A.Viktorov's «The Feat of Shura

Moskovtseva» could be read about the strong-willed

and courageous girl Shura, who, without fear of death,

was able to obtain information about the location of

mine zones, as a result of which 800 German mines

were neutralized. Official reports from the front,

decrees, publications of letters from the front and to

the front, aviation news, publication of military songs

and poems, literary notes from the front - such was

the diverse subject of all published newspapers in the

Ferghana Valley.

3.2 Review of the Periodical Press of

Andijan Region during the Second

World War

Another of the main official newspapers of the

Ferghana Valley published during the Second World

War was the Stalinist Banner, the predecessor of the

Andijan Pravda. Since 1918, the newspaper has been

published under the name «Izvestia», since 1921 –

«Party Fortnightly», since 1930 – «Official Bulletin

of the Andijan City Council of Workers, Dehkan and

Red Army deputies», since 1941 – «Stalin's Banner»,

and since 1954 – «Andijan Truth».

The editors of the newspaper, in addition to A.

Chaikin, were P.Sheremetyevsky, A.Agapov,

N.Kovalenko, P.Pyshkin, M.Sviridov, T.Sigalov,

I.Gerasimov, R.Safarov, N.Kondratenko, I.

Navozhenin, N. Korkin.

During the war, the newspaper reported from the

front, wrote about the contribution of Andijan people

to the fight against fascism, called for labor feats in

the name of the Great Victory. In the course of our

research, we came across an interesting article

published for the 70th anniversary of the Andijan

Truth. It reads: On the anniversary of the newspaper,

it is quite natural to remember its veterans, those who

witnessed the formation and development of the

«Andijan Pravda».

A significant place in the materials characterizing

the heroism of Soviet people at the front was occupied

by articles and correspondence, essays and

summaries of war correspondents and linotypists,

such as L.Grishnin, E.Ya.Dorosh, A.G.Gorbushenko,

N.A.Gryatsenko, Z.Usmanova, L.Sharovatova and V.

Zakharov and H.Ermatov.

Leonid Andreevich Grishnin is an Honored

Worker of Culture of the Uzbek SSR, a member of

the Union of Journalists of the former USSR. The

work experience of L.A.Grishnin is estimated in tens

of years. He is the story of the newspaper itself. He

came to the “Andijan Truth» during the difficult years

of the war. And before that, he worked as a locksmith

at a cotton factory in Tashkent, was a working

correspondent for «Pravda Vostoka». The injury

received at the factory, which made him disabled for

life, did not allow him to go to the front. However,

Grishnin no longer had a chance to work in

production. Then I decided to become a professional

newspaperman, because I had more than one year of

cooperation with editorial offices, that is, I had some

journalistic experience.

In August 1941, Grishnin arrived in Andijan.

«The newspaper was the size of «Pionerskaya

Pravda», Leonid Andreevich recalls, «it was printed

on coarse paper, whatever it was - green, blue, gray,

even on a candy wrapper. The set was made by hand,

letter by letter. Now the publishing house has modern

technologies, machines, equipment, high – quality

raw materials in its arsenal - it is immeasurably easier

to work. And then it was much more difficult. Every

day is a summary of the Council of Information

Bureau - detailed, thorough, alarming, but also

optimistic. She was received by radio-teletypes, you

know, there hasn't been a word about her yet. Then,

without the slightest delay, the report was sent to print.

We were in a hurry: the newspaper should never be

late with the issue», - L.A. Grishnin noted.

In the first year of the war, evacuees began to

arrive in the city of Andijan, Andijan region. Among

them was the writer Yefim Yakovlevich Dorosh, who

worked for several years in the Andijan press. It was

here that his book of essays «Village Diary» was

conceived and written in draft form.

And also, in the newspaper «Stalin's Banner»

worked a talented publicist, a demobilized front-line

soldier, an excellent journalist A.G. Gorbushenko.

The staff of the modern editorial office has not

had such a position for a long time - a radio operator-

typist. And yet this position was once one of the

necessary ones. Some of the elderly people probably

remember the unhurried, measured voice of the

announcer, who sounded on the radio every day at a

certain time, pronouncing names and difficult words.

These radio stations broadcast government messages

to newspaper editors. It was the duty of the radio

operator-typist to accurately accept such a text on a

typewriter. Nina Afanasyevna Gryatsenko, a war

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veteran, a veteran of labour, began working in the

editorial office of Stalin's Banner shortly after the war.

Behind was the service in the evacuation hospital,

hundreds of kilometres of frontline roads. She came

to Andijan with her husband, an officer transferred to

the local military enlistment office. For conscientious

long-term work, Nina Afanasyevna was awarded two

Honorary diplomas of the Presidium of the Supreme

Soviet of the Uzbek SSR in commemoration of the

50th and 60th anniversary of the Andijan Truth,

several commemorative medals, and for participation

in the war - the Order of the Patriotic War II degree».

A number of journalists of the newspaper

«Stalinist Banner» Zoya Usmanova, linotypists

Lyudmila Sharovatova and Vladimir Zakharov

enjoyed well-deserved authority in the team. Largely

thanks to these people, the regional newspaper has

repeatedly won prizes in the republican competition

for the best printing performance.

3.3 Review of the Periodical Press of

Ferghana Region during the

Second World War

It did not differ by hard work during the war from

previous newspapers - the organ of the Ferghana

regional Committee and the City Committee of the

Communist Party of Uzbekistan, the regional and city

Council of Workers «Ferghana Pravda» was

published from August 20, 1938, and the regional

newspaper in Uzbek «Commune» from December 1,

1930 in Ferghana.

Representatives of the advanced intelligentsia -

Uzbek journalists - actively cooperated with the press

in those years. One of them, Ruzimatova Khalisakhon,

born in 1927, during the war (1941-1945) worked in

the editorial office of the regional newspaper

«Commune» (now «Ferghana Pravda»). A faithful

wife, a great mother and a patriot of her homeland,

like H.Ruzimatova, with her creativity, made a

feasible contribution to the cause of the Great Victory

over the German invaders, publishing interesting

articles that raised the spirits of our fighters and home

front workers.

Military journalists have had no equal in the entire

history of the world. Writers, publicists, poets,

journalists, playwrights, together with all the people,

stood up for the defence of the Motherland. Military

journalism, diverse in form, individual in its creative

embodiment, is the focus of greatness, boundless

courage and devotion of the Soviet people to their

Homeland.

The problems of Soviet journalism during the war

years are extremely diverse. However, several

thematic areas remained central: coverage of the

military situation in the country and the fighting of

the Soviet army; a comprehensive manifestation of

the heroism and courage of the people of this period

at the front and behind enemy lines; the theme of the

unity of the front and rear.

V.Muzaffarov's research notes a valuable find, a

participant in the Second World War, a veteran of the

regional newspaper «Ferghana Pravda». The author

was personally given this find, i.e. a notebook with

sketches and correspondence, by the son of the war

correspondent of «Ferghana Pravda» V. Isaev. And

the editorial board of the newspaper decided to

acquaint its readers with the correspondence of the

front-line journalist V. Isaev, who wrote down

sketches, correspondence in a notebook under the

headings «Valor of a conscientious officer», «United

Family», «Battle for the ferry», «Warrior agitator»,

etc. He mentions in his sketches that 26 nationalities

fought in one unit alone, it happened that they did not

understand each other, but they knew the teams by

heart. The only desire was to defeat the enemy sooner.

Another article «The Seventh Attack» by

Yu.Efimov, a veteran of the newspaper Ferghana

Pravda, tells about the Hero of the Soviet Union –

Mansur Abdulin, who worked in the Ferghana Valley

from 1938 to 1940.

4 ABOUT THE WORTHY

CONTRIBUTION OF

SOLDIERS FROM

UZBEKISTAN TO THE

VICTORY OVER THE NAZI

GERMANS

Soldiers from Uzbekistan made a worthy contribution

to the victory over the Nazi Germans. For courage,

227 people were awarded the highest award – Hero of

the Soviet Union, 75 of them were Uzbeks. From

among the Ferghana participants of the Second World

War, more than 12 thousand people were awarded

orders and medals, 13 people received the title of

Hero of the Soviet Union.

Yuri Pavlovich Efimov - for about a quarter of a

century, he was engaged in the search for Heroes of

the Soviet Union, whose lives are connected with the

Fergana region. If at the very beginning of his work

the names of 16 Heroes of the Soviet Union were

known, now there are more than 50 people on this list.

For his great research work and participation in the

military-patriotic education of young people, he was

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awarded the badge «Excellent Student of Cultural

Service over the Armed Forces of the USSR.

In the periodical press, the names of another

former typesetter from Fergana, Pyotr Mitrafanovich,

who fought for Lithuania, have been preserved. The

list can be continued for a long time, but on the basis

of such articles, we learn more about the professional

activities of journalists of the Fergana Valley

(military officers, photojournalists, freelance

correspondents, linotypists and typesetters in printing

houses, etc.).

5 CONCLUSION

From the above it can be seen that the periodical press

of the Soviet period contributed to the creation of the

cult of Stalin's personality with all its activities. His

personal merits consisted in victories in the first five-

year plans, in the democratic gains proclaimed in the

new Constitution of the USSR, in the success of the

construction of socialism.

But, despite this, the analysis of articles preserved

in newspapers on the eve and during the war gives a

lot of invaluable information about the contribution

of our people to the Victory in World War II, in

general, on the history of the periodical press of the

Fergana Valley. During the war, the press workers of

the Ferghana Valley showed dedication, fortitude,

and every article they wrote was imprinted on the

pages of the history of Uzbekistan.

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