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Sharof Rashidov House Museum

The Jizzakh family home of writer and Soviet Uzbek leader Sharof Rashidov, a museum since 1992 with five exhibition halls.

MuseumsFounded 1992

About the place

This museum in Jizzakh is devoted to Sharof Rashidov (1917–1983), the writer who led Soviet Uzbekistan from 1959 until his death. It occupies the family home of his parents, Rashid ota and Qulsinoy Xalilova. The house was rebuilt in 1979 at the wish of his wife, Xursana Gofurovna, and the museum opened on 6 November 1992, for his 75th birthday.

The exhibition fills five halls. They cover his life and books, gifts and documents from foreign leaders, and the life of Xursana Rashidova, while one room reconstructs the study from his Tashkent flat. The museum was renovated after the presidential decree of 27 March 2017 on marking the centenary of Rashidov's birth.

Why go

  • Reconstructed Tashkent study
  • Gifts from foreign leaders
  • Family home of Rashidov's parents

Sources (2)

  1. 1.uz.wikipedia.org
  2. 2.Wikidata

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