Turkfront Military Newspapers Are A Tool of The Fight Against National Liberation

Аннотация

The essence, purpose and historical significance of the struggle of the Turkestan peoples against the Soviet government in 1918-1924 have been distorted for many decades. The ideologists of the existing regime effectively used the power of the press to falsify historical truth: the press became an important tool of the ideology of Soviet power in Turkestan. In this study, the main attention is paid to the problem of the emphasis of the Soviet power system on publishing military press in the languages of the peoples of Turkestan, as well as in the languages of prisoners of war from Germany, Austria and other countries held in Turkestan during the First World War in order to promote the communist idea and suppress national identity. Keywords: Turkestan; military; newspaper; ideology; newspaper; council; army; front; national liberation. Introduction: The struggle for national liberation of the METHODS Turkestan peoples was a period of our history that was To address the research question and substantiate the deliberately distorted, falsified, and misinterpreted proposed hypothesis, the study employs a comparative through the media. In particular, the essence, purpose, analysis method, drawing on materials published in the and historical significance of the struggles against media and presented in fundamental literature. Soviet power from 1918 to 1924 were distorted. The The author of the research utilizes a comparative ideologues of the authoritarian regime effectively used analysis approach, specifically focusing on newspapers the power of the press to try to falsify historical truth. published by Turkfront, such as “Набат революции”, During the years of independence, many studies have “Клич трудового казачества”, “Красноармейская been conducted in Uzbekistan on this issue. Dedicated газета”, “Пролетарская мысл”, “Красный фронт”, scholars such as Qahramon Rajabov and Dono Ziyoeva, “Борец за коммунизм”, “Коммунар”, “Наша through their innovative methodological and scientific фронтовая жизнь”, “Всемирная революция”, approaches, have restored historical truth regarding “Свобода народов” (Агапов, 1967), and journals like the history of the Turkestan national liberation “O‘zbekistonda ijtimoiy fanlar” (Агапов, 1967) and movement. “O’tmishga nazar” (Хамаев, 2019). One of the key aspects for our research during the Furthermore, in seeking solutions to the research period in question is the issue related to military objectives, the study draws attention to fundamental journalism. Scholar P. Agapov studied military press in works such as M. Annakurdov's “Истории Turkestan during the Civil War. Historian N. Khamaev, коммунистической печати в Туркменистане” in his research, calls it “Armed Movement and Military (Аннакурдов, 1958), D. Ziyoeva's “Turkiston milliy Press Against Soviet Power in Uzbekistan” (Хамаев, ozodlik harakati. (Mustabid tuzumga qarshi 1916 yil va 2019). In Turkestan, the press played a significant role, 1918—1924 yillardagi xalq kurashlari tarixshunosligi)” along with other means, in suppressing the people's (Зиёева, 2000), K. Radjabov's “Вооруженное resistance against Soviet power and extinguishing the движение в Туркестане против советского режима flames of dissent. From this perspective, we agree with (1918-1924)” (Раджабов, 2018), and P. Agapov's Khamaev's opinion. We will attempt to prove this based dissertation abstract titled “Военная печать on the analysis of the information we have. American Journal Of Philological Sciences 63 https://theusajournals.com/index.php/ajps American Journal Of Philological Sciences (ISSN – 2771-2273) Туркестана в годы гражданской войны (1918-1920 These publications are considered central due to their гг.)” (Агапов, 1967). establishment by the political departments of the Turkfront revolutionary council and their wide DISCUSSIONS distribution. One such publication is the “Набат An article titled “К истории военной печати в революции” newspaper. Starting from January 15, советском Туркестане” (On the History of Military 1920, it replaced the “Горнист” newspaper and Press in Soviet Turkestan) by P. Agapov was published became known as “Набат революции”. It was in the second issue of the “O‘zbekistonda ijtimoiy published as the press organ of the political fanlar” journal in 1967 (Агапов, 1967). department of the first Army. From May 6, 1920, issue In the article, the author informs us that on July 25, No. 83 onwards, the Caspian region revkom and the 1919, the national department under the political obkom party also became its sponsors (Агапов, 1967). department of the Caspian Front published a military “Клич трудового казачества” is another newspaper newspaper called “Шефор” (“Горнист”) in Armenian in classified as a central publication. It was the organ of Poltorask (present-day Ashgabat). He also mentions the cozak department of the Central executive that around the same time, the department published committee of the Turkestan republic council and was a military