National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan

The National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan (Uzbek: Oʻzbekiston milliy ensiklopediyasi, OʻzME in Latin script, Ўзбекистон миллий энциклопедияси, ЎзМЭ in Cyrillic script) is a general-knowledge encyclopedia written in Uzbek.[1] The majority of the articles in the National Encyclopedia were directly taken from the Uzbek Soviet Encyclopedia.

National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan
CountryUzbekistan
LanguageUzbek
SubjectGeneral
GenreReference encyclopaedia
PublisherNational Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan State Scientific Publishing House
Publication date
2000-2005
Media type12 volumes (hardbound)

While the Uzbek Soviet Encyclopedia was published in 14 volumes, the National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan has only 12, much smaller volumes. The first volume of the National Encyclopedia was published in 2000. The final 12th volume was published in 2005.

History
Agency of Information and Mass Communications Letter to WMF on releasing OʻzME under a CC BY 4.0 license

The National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan was published in Tashkent from 2000 to 2005 by the National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan State Scientific Publishing House.[2] The encyclopedia was printed in Cyrillic even though it was published long after Uzbekistan introduced the Latin script to Uzbek. In 2013, all of the articles of the National Encyclopedia were added to the Uzbek Wikipedia with the help of a bot. In 2022, the Agency of Information and Mass Communications under the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan officially released the OʻzME under a CC BY 4.0 license.

Content

The National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan has about 50,000 entries.[3] The majority of the articles in the National Encyclopedia were directly taken from the Uzbek Soviet Encyclopedia. The bulk of the National Encyclopedia (40 percent) is devoted to subjects about Uzbekistan. About 60 percent of the articles are on social sciences and the other 40 percent are on natural sciences. The 12th volume is entirely dedicated to subjects about Uzbekistan.[4]

The encyclopedia praises Islam Karimov, the late president of Uzbekistan, and his administration. The first volume starts with a congratulatory letter from Karimov.

See also

References
  1. "Oʻzbekiston milliy ensiklopediyasi". National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan (in Uzbek). Tashkent: National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan State Scientific Publishing House. 2000–2005.
  2. "About the encyclopedia" (in Uzbek). National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan State Scientific Publishing House. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  3. "Filling the gaps in our encyclopedic knowledge". Turkiston-Press (in Russian). 14 January 2013. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  4. "In 2012, the Uzbek National Encyclopedia published 15 reference books" (in Russian). Encyclopedia.ru. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
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