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2026. Vol.11. №2.

Labor resources from Uzbekistan in the development of Russia’s Non-Black Earth Region (1975–1985)

Jul 21 2026

Ishankhodjaeva Z. R. Labor resources from Uzbekistan in the development  of Russia’s Non-Black Earth Region (1975–1985) // The Russian Peasant Studies. 2026. V.11. №2. P. 100-118.

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The article considers the role of labor resources from Uzbekistan in the development of Russia’s Non-Black Earth Region from 1975 to 1985 based on the materials from the National Archive of Uzbekistan, scientific literature, periodicals and normative-legal acts of the central and republican authorities of the USSR and the Uzbek SSR. The author describes the mechanisms of attracting and employing Uzbek labor resources in the all-Union program for the integrated development of agriculture in the NonBlack Earth Region. The article presents a detailed analysis of documents regulating resettlement, organization of labor and living conditions of Uzbek workers in new regions; of the goals, scope of participation and main directions of economic development within the program; of the problems of resettlers, including difficulties in adapting to the climatic and natural conditions of the Non-Black Earth Region, social and everyday challenges, organizational and managerial shortcomings in the implementation of the project; of such causes of these problems as insufficient local infrastructure, shortcomings in planning and implementing measures for social integration of resettlers, limited attention to their national-cultural features. The study provides a deeper understanding of the interregional migration in the USSR, revealing mechanisms of interaction between republics and regions and explaining social-economic and cultural consequences of the Soviet mobilization campaigns.

Keywords

Cooperation, economy, Non-Black Earth Region, land reclamation, irrigation, integrated development, land reclamation workers, engineers, workers.  

About the author

Zamira R. Ishankhodjaeva, DSc (History), Professor, Department of History of Uzbekistan, Mirzo Ulugbek National University of Uzbekistan. University St., 4, Almazar district, Tashkent, 100174, Uzbekistan.
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2026. Vol.11. №2.

Unknown IRTUR and its Head G. K. Riesenkampf: On the history of the development of Central Asia

Jul 20 2026

Savinova T. A. Unknown IRTUR and its Head G.K. Riesenkampf: On the history of the development of Central Asia // The Russian Peasant Studies. 2026. V.11. №2. P. 48-66.

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Annotation

The article considers the origins, development, activities and liquidation of one of the first Soviet organizations created by V. I. Lenin’s decrees in 1918 — Directorate of Irrigation Works in Turkestan (IRTUR). The author aims at describing the grandiose tasks set for this institution and its head and the influence of complex historical conditions in Russia in 1914–1920 on their solution. The article focuses on the activities of the technical director and chairman of the IRTUR Board, an outstanding scientist and hydraulic engineer G. K. Riesenkampf, an author of some ambitious irrigation projects, including Golodnostepsky (Riesenkampf’s full biography is given, including the last tragic pages). The work of some of his colleagues in the IRTUR is also mentioned — soil scientist N. A. Dimo, economist B. K. Lodygin and architect F. O. Shekhtel. The article is based on archival documents from institutional funds and personal funds of hydraulic engineers from the Russian State Archive of Economics (RGAE), most of which are introduced into scientific circulation for the first time.

Keywords

Irrigation, land reclamation, Hungry Steppe, Turkestan, Department of Land Improvements, B. K. Lodygin, F. O. Shekhtel.  

About the author

Tatyana A. Savinova, PhD (Economics), Head of the Department of Organizational and Planning Work, Russian State Archive of Economics. B. Pirogovskaya St., 17, bldg. 9, Moscow, 119435.
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