Land reclamation and mastering of virgin lands in the Uzbek SSR (Soviet period)

The article examines the policy of further strengthening mono-cultural focus in the Uzbek SSR, which involved measures to build large irrigation canals and pumping stations across the republic based on archival sources and historical materials. It reveals the process of land reclamation and irrigation, as well as the organization of districts and state farms in these areas, which were specialized in cotton-growing according to the principles of the Soviet government's cotton monopoly policy. The article also discusses the increased delivery of cotton to the center and its negative consequences, supported by primary historical sources. Additionally, the author studies the reclamation of virgin lands in Uzbekistan and the history of state farms established on these newly reclaimed lands.