CULTURE OF TURKESTAN IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19 CENTURY

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the culture of Turkestan in the second half of the 19th century. The Mangit dynasty's social, economic, political, and cultural life in Bukhara is revealed. Bukhara and Russia's trade and diplomatic connections have been clarified. On the basis of the works of Ahmad Donish, the economic and political situation in Bukhara, as well as relations with neighboring countries, are studied. The author highlights Turkestan’s military-bureaucratic colonial system of tsarism and discusses the factors that led to the birth of national liberation concepts in the country. Examples are used to analyze the life of Bukhara before and after the invasion of tsarism.