UZBEKISTAN AND RUSSIA. NEW STEPS TOWARDS MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING. BOOK REV.: PIVOVAR, E.I. (ED.) (2021), PUBLICATIONS OF THE INSTITUTE OF POST-SOVIET AND INTERREGIONAL STUDIES, ISS. 4: UZBEKISTAN’S STUDIES, RGGU, MOSCOW, RUSSIA

This publication considers the latest issue of the “Proceedings of the Institute of Post-Soviet and Interregional Studies”. The “Proceedings of the Institute of Post-Soviet and Interregional Studies” is an annual publication that examines issues in the history of post-Soviet states closely connected to Russia in terms of policy, economy, and culture. It has been published since 2018; the first issue was dedicated to Ukraine (2018), the second one to Kazakhstan (2019), the third one to Azerbaijan (2020), and, finally, the issue dedicated to the Republic of Uzbekistan was prepared and published in 2021. The author of the review emphasizes that Uzbekistan has a special place in the Central Asian region and, consequently, in Russian policy concerning Central Asia, as well as in the whole Russian policy in the post-Soviet space. Moreover, the author notes the importance of cooperation between Russia and Uzbekistan in scientific and educational spheres and importance of studying Russian history in Uzbekistan and the history of Uzbekistan in Russia. The author notes particularly that Uzbekistan Studies is a part of the educational cycle implemented by the Institute of Post-Soviet and Interregional Studies within the framework of a bachelor degree programme (“Russia and Turkey in modern Eurasia: Foreign Policy, Society, Culture”) and a master degree programme (“History and Geopolitics of Modern Eurasia”). Analysing publications that make up the issue under the study, the author emphasizes that the issue was prepared by the Institute of Post-Soviet and Interregional Studies in collaboration with the Institute of World History and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lomonosov Moscow State University, and scientific and educational institutions of Uzbekistan. According to the author, articles in that collection provide a new perspective on the history of Uzbekistan and contribute to its deeper understanding by the Russian academic community.