THE STUDY OF TRADITIONAL LIVESTOCK BREEDING OF FERGANA VALLEY ETHNOSIS IN MODERN HISTORIC SCIENCES

Аннотация

This article is dedicated to the study of traditional cattle breeding in the Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan in the ethnographic and historical sources of the 20th and early 21st centuries. The author analyzed the results of the work carried out in this field and the problems of further development. Issues of ethnological research are considered separately. In particular, the semi-nomadic population of the valley grazed livestock in the summer, mainly in the pastures of the mountain valleys surrounding the Fergana valley, and in the winter in the mountain pastures and meadows on the slopes of the hills. Some herding groups also wintered their small herds in the plains of the valley. The article also discusses the achievements and shortcomings in the field of traditional animal husbandry of the Fergana Valley.