A SURVEY OF UZBEK SETTLEMENT, WITH REGARD TO SOME ECONOMIC AND SHELTER CHANGES, İN THE KHWARIZM (KHIVA) OASIS, NORTH TO THE DELTA OF THE AMU DARYA, BASED ON RUSSIAN ETHNORGRAPHIC REPPORTS

A SURYEY OF UZBEK SETTLEMENT, WITH REGARD TO SOME ECONOMIC AND SHELTER CHANGES, IN THE KHWARIZM (KHIVA) OASIS, NORTH TO THE DELTA OF THE AMU DARYA, BASED ON RUSSIAN ETHNORGRAPHIC REPPORTS

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Abstract

The geographical area with which we are concerned includes the Amu Dar'ya Delta, the Kpychak, Khodzheili and Kungrad rayon (s) (district(s)) in the Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Republic, and Novyi Urgench, Gurlen, and Mangyt in the Khorezmskaya oblast' (Khwarizm province) of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic.1 The Uzbek S .S .R. was established on Karakalpakia is an autonomous unit incorporated within the Uzbek S .S .R. It has a population of approximately 587,000.' "The Khorezmskaya oblast in the southwest part of Uzbekistan, along the left bank of the lower course of the Amu Dar'ya, is densely populated, and surrounded by vast expanses of sand."4 Rain is rare in the region. The deeper one penetrates the desert toward Khvvarizm, along the Amu Dar'ya, the blue sky brightens, and on the right stretch the sands of the Kizil Kum, yellowish-grey, and then orange, while to the left are the grey sands of the Kara Kum. Tugai, strips of low-lying greenery, trees, shrubs, and vines, like miniature jungles, give colour to the othervvise drab landscape.