CHANGES IN DEMOGRAPHY AND CLASSIFICATION OF CITIES OF SOUTHERN UZBEKISTAN (1946-1991)

Abstract

In this article, the changes in the demography and classification of the cities of southern Uzbekistan, in particular, the cities of Kashkadarya and Surkhandarya regions in 1946-1991, are analyzed. In the years after the Second World War in Uzbekistan, including its southern regions, the number of cities and their population increased, and the changes in the category of cities were explained on the basis of scientific literature and statistical data. The data of the scientific literature published during the Soviet period and the years of independence are comparatively studied, and the changes in the number and classification of the population in the cities of Kashkadarya and Surkhandarya regions are presented. At the same time, the data provided in the statistical collections published in the Soviet period were effectively used, and the population of southern cities in 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989 and 1990 was presented, and the category of cities was developed in the form of tables and diagrams.