Knowledge (XXG)

History of the Jews in Uzbekistan

Source 📝

160: 30: 388: 1018: 1028: 374: 361:
In the 2021 census, there were almost 10,000 Jews in Uzbekistan, diffused over the country. Over 1,000 were in Bukhara, and almost 1,500 were in Samarkand; around 1,300 were in Fergana, and over 3,700 were in Tashkent. The remaining 2,300 were spread around the country in smaller numbers.
159: 907: 952: 742: 932: 983: 947: 852: 339:) nearly tripled between 1926 and 1970, then slowly declined between 1970 and 1989, followed by a much more rapid decline since 1989, when the 191:
in May 2005, the Israeli Embassy in Tashkent asked Abdurakhmanov to make a lists of Jews "in case there will be a need to airlift people to
957: 659: 184:, with about 1,300 total in the area. Abdurakhmanov has said that the biggest problem faced by the Jewish Uzbek community is the economy. 993: 902: 867: 592: 401: 441: 792: 787: 682: 545: 887: 802: 782: 732: 702: 692: 29: 502: 998: 877: 872: 752: 942: 892: 847: 827: 817: 717: 69: 988: 917: 832: 812: 697: 687: 1052: 962: 897: 862: 797: 777: 767: 727: 822: 922: 882: 857: 837: 772: 747: 737: 722: 842: 807: 762: 757: 566: 712: 707: 1003: 485: 674: 652: 38: 340: 324: 176:
Jewish community. There are six synagogues in the Valley. There are several hundred Jews in Fergana,
972: 645: 1027: 623: 527: 462: 421: 393: 599: 438: 188: 77: 445: 506: 379: 173: 131: 114: 73: 343:
began. According to the Soviet census, there were 103,000 Jews in Uzbekistan in 1970.
126:
refers to the history of two distinct communities; the more religious and traditional
1046: 1021: 489: 316: 312: 308: 106: 127: 110: 1031: 351: 346:
Between 1989 and 2021, around ninety percent of Uzbekistan's Jewish population
637: 369: 347: 145:
in 1989, but fewer than 10,000 remained in 2021 (around 38% of which lived in
142: 336: 320: 153: 482: 17: 570: 177: 146: 93: 81: 34: 355: 192: 181: 546:"YIVO | Population and Migration: Population since World War I" 569:. The Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot. Archived from 158: 28: 217: 641: 138: 212: 335:
The Jewish population of Uzbekistan (then known as the
971: 931: 673: 99: 87: 63: 53: 653: 8: 203: 48: 660: 646: 638: 505:. Demoscope.ru. 2013-01-15. Archived from 202: 47: 172:Semyon Abdurakhmanov is the head of the 413: 323:(all per the 1959 Soviet census), and 33:Jewish children with their teacher in 478: 476: 7: 567:"The Jewish Community of Uzbekistan" 307:The Jewish population data includes 163:Interior of the Synagogue of Bukhara 402:History of the Jews in Central Asia 204:Historical Uzbek Jewish population 25: 124:history of the Jews in Uzbekistan 1026: 1017: 1016: 386: 372: 41:sometime between 1909 and 1915. 984:British Indian Ocean Territory 1: 503:"Приложение Демоскопа Weekly" 439:World Jewish Population 2001 668:History of the Jews in Asia 1069: 452:, vol. 101 (2001), p. 561. 1012: 319:(or Central Asian Jews), 300: 230:—     104: 92: 68: 58: 733:East Timor (Timor-Leste) 450:American Jewish Yearbook 352:moved to other countries 168:Fergana Jewish community 994:Cocos (Keeling) Islands 199:Historical demographics 548:. Yivoencyclopedia.org 164: 42: 39:Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky 37:. Photograph taken by 341:collapse of Communism 162: 100:Related ethnic groups 32: 1053:Jewish Uzbek history 908:United Arab Emirates 483:Uzbek Jewish worries 935:limited recognition 624:"Uzbek Census 2021" 528:"Uzbek Census 2021" 463:"Uzbek Census 2021" 422:"Uzbek Census 2021" 205: 50: 444:2013-12-06 at the 165: 137:There were 94,900 130:community and the 43: 1040: 1039: 977:other territories 394:Uzbekistan portal 333: 332: 120: 119: 16:(Redirected from 1060: 1030: 1020: 1019: 989:Christmas Island 675:Sovereign states 662: 655: 648: 639: 632: 631: 620: 614: 613: 611: 610: 604: 598:. Archived from 597: 589: 583: 582: 580: 578: 563: 557: 556: 554: 553: 542: 536: 535: 524: 518: 517: 515: 514: 499: 493: 480: 471: 470: 459: 453: 436: 430: 429: 418: 396: 391: 390: 389: 382: 377: 376: 375: 219: 214: 206: 189:Andijan Massacre 54:Total population 51: 21: 1068: 1067: 1063: 1062: 1061: 1059: 1058: 1057: 1043: 1042: 1041: 1036: 1008: 976: 967: 948:Northern Cyprus 934: 927: 669: 666: 636: 635: 622: 621: 617: 608: 606: 602: 595: 591: 590: 586: 576: 574: 573:on 25 June 2018 565: 564: 560: 551: 549: 544: 543: 539: 526: 525: 521: 512: 510: 501: 500: 496: 481: 474: 461: 460: 456: 446:Wayback Machine 437: 433: 420: 419: 415: 410: 392: 387: 385: 378: 373: 371: 368: 348:left Uzbekistan 302: 201: 170: 156:in Uzbekistan. 128:Bukharan Jewish 109: 46: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 1066: 1064: 1056: 1055: 1045: 1044: 1038: 1037: 1035: 1034: 1024: 1013: 1010: 1009: 1007: 1006: 1001: 996: 991: 986: 980: 978: 969: 968: 966: 965: 960: 955: 950: 945: 939: 937: 929: 928: 926: 925: 920: 915: 910: 905: 900: 895: 890: 885: 880: 875: 870: 865: 860: 855: 850: 845: 840: 835: 830: 825: 820: 815: 810: 805: 800: 795: 790: 785: 780: 775: 770: 765: 760: 755: 750: 745: 740: 735: 730: 725: 720: 715: 710: 705: 700: 695: 690: 685: 679: 677: 671: 670: 667: 665: 664: 657: 650: 642: 634: 633: 615: 584: 558: 537: 519: 494: 488:2013-01-04 at 472: 454: 431: 412: 411: 409: 406: 405: 404: 398: 397: 383: 380:Judaism portal 367: 364: 331: 330: 329: 328: 305: 298: 297: 294: 291: 287: 286: 283: 280: 276: 275: 272: 269: 265: 264: 261: 258: 254: 253: 250: 247: 243: 242: 239: 236: 232: 231: 228: 225: 221: 220: 215: 210: 200: 197: 169: 166: 118: 117: 115:Ashkenazi Jews 102: 101: 97: 96: 90: 89: 85: 84: 66: 65: 61: 60: 56: 55: 44: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1065: 1054: 1051: 1050: 1048: 1033: 1029: 1025: 1023: 1015: 1014: 1011: 1005: 1002: 1000: 997: 995: 992: 990: 987: 985: 982: 981: 979: 974: 970: 964: 961: 959: 958:South Ossetia 956: 954: 951: 949: 946: 944: 941: 940: 938: 936: 930: 924: 921: 919: 916: 914: 911: 909: 906: 904: 901: 899: 896: 894: 891: 889: 886: 884: 881: 879: 876: 874: 871: 869: 866: 864: 861: 859: 856: 854: 851: 849: 846: 844: 841: 839: 836: 834: 831: 829: 826: 824: 821: 819: 816: 814: 811: 809: 806: 804: 801: 799: 796: 794: 791: 789: 786: 784: 781: 779: 776: 774: 771: 769: 766: 764: 761: 759: 756: 754: 751: 749: 746: 744: 741: 739: 736: 734: 731: 729: 726: 724: 721: 719: 716: 714: 711: 709: 706: 704: 701: 699: 696: 694: 691: 689: 686: 684: 681: 680: 678: 676: 672: 663: 658: 656: 651: 649: 644: 643: 640: 629: 625: 619: 616: 605:on 2014-07-14 601: 594: 588: 585: 572: 568: 562: 559: 547: 541: 538: 533: 529: 523: 520: 509:on 2013-10-12 508: 504: 498: 495: 491: 490:archive.today 487: 484: 479: 477: 473: 468: 464: 458: 455: 451: 447: 443: 440: 435: 432: 427: 423: 417: 414: 407: 403: 400: 399: 395: 384: 381: 370: 365: 363: 359: 357: 353: 349: 344: 342: 338: 326: 322: 318: 317:Bukharan Jews 314: 313:Georgian Jews 310: 309:Mountain Jews 306: 304: 303: 299: 295: 292: 289: 288: 284: 281: 278: 277: 273: 270: 267: 266: 262: 259: 256: 255: 251: 248: 245: 244: 240: 237: 234: 233: 229: 226: 223: 222: 216: 211: 208: 207: 198: 196: 194: 190: 185: 183: 179: 175: 167: 161: 157: 155: 152:There are 12 150: 148: 144: 140: 135: 133: 129: 125: 116: 112: 108: 107:Bukharan Jews 103: 98: 95: 91: 86: 83: 79: 75: 71: 67: 62: 57: 52: 40: 36: 31: 27: 19: 973:Dependencies 912: 903:Turkmenistan 868:Saudi Arabia 628:data.egov.uz 627: 618: 607:. Retrieved 600:the original 587: 575:. Retrieved 571:the original 561: 550:. Retrieved 540: 532:data.egov.uz 531: 522: 511:. Retrieved 507:the original 497: 467:data.egov.uz 466: 457: 449: 434: 426:data.egov.uz 425: 416: 360: 345: 334: 186: 171: 151: 136: 123: 121: 111:Russian Jews 45:Ethnic group 26: 1032:Asia portal 933:States with 853:Philippines 793:South Korea 788:North Korea 683:Afghanistan 593:"tab30.XLS" 187:During the 134:community. 913:Uzbekistan 888:Tajikistan 803:Kyrgyzstan 783:Kazakhstan 703:Bangladesh 693:Azerbaijan 609:2013-04-14 552:2013-04-14 513:2013-04-14 408:References 154:synagogues 143:Uzbekistan 49:Uzbek Jews 18:Uzbek Jews 999:Hong Kong 953:Palestine 878:Sri Lanka 873:Singapore 753:Indonesia 356:to Israel 354:, mostly 337:Uzbek SSR 321:Krymchaks 132:Ashkenazi 64:Languages 1047:Category 1022:Category 943:Abkhazia 893:Thailand 848:Pakistan 828:Mongolia 823:Maldives 818:Malaysia 718:Cambodia 486:Archived 442:Archived 366:See also 301:Source: 178:Namangan 147:Tashkent 88:Religion 918:Vietnam 833:Myanmar 813:Lebanon 743:Georgia 698:Bahrain 688:Armenia 577:25 June 271:100,067 260:103,058 174:Fergana 94:Judaism 82:Yiddish 78:Russian 70:Bukhori 35:Bukhara 963:Taiwan 898:Turkey 863:Russia 798:Kuwait 778:Jordan 768:Israel 728:Cyprus 713:Brunei 708:Bhutan 296:−89.6% 282:95,104 252:+86.5% 249:94,488 241:+33.7% 238:50,676 227:37,896 193:Israel 182:Kokand 180:, and 105:Other 80:, and 1004:Macau 923:Yemen 883:Syria 858:Qatar 838:Nepal 773:Japan 748:India 738:Egypt 723:China 603:(PDF) 596:(PDF) 293:9,865 285:−5.0% 274:−2.9% 263:+9.1% 74:Uzbek 59:9,865 843:Oman 808:Laos 763:Iraq 758:Iran 579:2018 350:and 325:Tats 290:2021 279:1989 268:1979 257:1970 246:1959 235:1939 224:1926 213:Pop. 209:Year 139:Jews 122:The 975:and 492:JTA 195:". 149:). 141:in 1049:: 626:. 530:. 475:^ 465:. 448:, 424:. 358:. 315:, 311:, 218:±% 113:, 76:, 72:, 661:e 654:t 647:v 630:. 612:. 581:. 555:. 534:. 516:. 469:. 428:. 327:. 20:)

Index

Uzbek Jews

Bukhara
Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky
Bukhori
Uzbek
Russian
Yiddish
Judaism
Bukharan Jews
Russian Jews
Ashkenazi Jews
Bukharan Jewish
Ashkenazi
Jews
Uzbekistan
Tashkent
synagogues

Fergana
Namangan
Kokand
Andijan Massacre
Israel
Mountain Jews
Georgian Jews
Bukharan Jews
Krymchaks
Tats
Uzbek SSR

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.