Department of Economic and Social Geography

Tojiyeva Z - Head of department

 100174, Universitet street 4, Olmazor district, Tashkent

 Monday-Friday, 14:00 – 17:00

+998 90 326 73 70 

E-mail: z_tadjieva@mail.ru

The formation and development of economic and social geography as a discipline in Uzbekistan was associated with the Department of Economic and Social Geography of the Faculty of Geography and Natural Resources of the National University of Uzbekistan. Initially, the department was established in 1940 under the name "Economic Geography", which is the only one in Central Asia. Later it became known as "Economic and Social Geography" (1978). 1998 jildan esa, this department Iƶtimoij geography and mintaqavij economy ' name Bilan kўrsatdi activities. Although its name was changed several times later, today it is still known by the same name, "Economic and Social Geography" .                       

The first head of the department was Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Associate Professor V.G. It was Kuznetsov. He was later replaced by Ph.D., Professor M.G. Kadek (1941-1945), Ph.D. Professor VM Chetirkin (1944-1948), Ph.D., Associate Professor RS Lobach (1948-1954), Ph.D., Associate Professor Tsapenko (1954-1959). ) ruled. In the middle of 1960-1969 this task was performed by Ph.D., Associate Professor NG Smirnov. The department was headed by ZM Akramov, Ph.D., Professor, the first local Uzbek scientist. He worked as the head of the department from 1969 to 1984, from 1984 to 2010 the department was headed by a well-known scientist, Ph.D., prof. Headed by AS Soliev. At present, the department is headed by Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor ZN Tojieva. 

In the development of scientific and pedagogical potential of the department and the development of educational and methodological work, scientists G.N. Cherdantsev, A.N. Rakitnikov, O.B. Ota-Mirzaev, A.A.Qayumov, T.I.Raimov, R.A. The services of Khodiev, T.E. Egamberdiev, T.T. Tajimov, SS Saidkarimov, S.B. Bakiev, M.R. Burieva, A.M. Sodikov were significant.

If we look at the history of the department, we can see that the most important and topical areas of economic and social geography: economic zoning, industry, agriculture, population geography, urban development and urbanization, in general, research in various fields of social geography. In the 1998-1999 academic year, for the first time among the CIS countries, prof. Theoretical and practical issues related to the direction of the regional economy, put forward by AS Soliev, have been studied with great interest.

In recent years, based on the standards of world development, traditional scientific directions have emerged in Uzbekistan. For example, medical, educational and other services, political geography and geopolitics, social geography, tourism and recreation, medical and disease geography (nosogeography), criminal geography are developing. In all of them, the contribution of the National Scientific School of Economic Geography, formed in the years of independence on the basis of the Department of "Economic and Social Geography" of the National University of Uzbekistan, and the scientists organized in it was significant. It should be noted that two senior scientists Ziyovutdin Mukhitdinovich Akramov and Abdusami Solievich Soliev were leaders in the formation and effective development of this scientific school.

The history of economic geography is primarily concerned with the problems of economic zoning. The issue of economic zoning of our country, in particular, at the Department of National University of Uzbekistan, covers first of all the needs and requirements of natural geography, and then agriculture. Therefore, on the basis of research conducted at the Scientific School of Economic Geography, the transition to the identification of integral, ie the main economic regions. In this regard, well-known scholars V.M. Chetirkin, Z.M. Akramov, A.S.Soliev, O.B. It is known that the scientific directions carried out by Ota-Mirzaev and others have attracted the attention of the scientific community.

The scientific school of economic and social geography in the country has two main directions. One of these areas is agrogeography (agricultural geography) and the other is population geography. In particular, the regional problems of urban development and urbanization are being studied in this direction. The above important scientific directions are the pillars of modern geography of the Motherland, two great scientists and a great man prof. Akramov Ziyovutdin Mukhitdinovich and prof. Soliev was directly connected with the scientific-creative and pedagogical-pedagogical activities of Abdusami Solievich, which were mutually harmonious and fruitful. That is why this informal scientific association can be directly called the Akramov-Soliev Scientific School.

The Scientific School of Economic Geography of Uzbekistan soon gained attention not only in the country, but also in neighboring republics and other foreign countries. In particular, professors and doctors of Moscow State University Yu.G. Saushkin, AIKovalyov, professor of Perm State University MD Sharygin, St. Petersburg State University Professor AIChistobaev, professors of the National University of Kazakhstan S.R.Erdavletov and Sh.M. The Nadirovs gave high marks.

            The main goal of the members of the department is to continue the traditions of the Scientific School of Economic and Social Geography of Uzbekistan, formed by professors ZM Akramov and AS Soliev, to maintain a healthy educational and scientific environment in the community and consistently implemented in our country under the leadership of President Sh.M. Mirziyoyev. to make a worthy contribution to the idea of ​​national independence by training highly qualified and competitive personnel. Currently, the department as a base of geography in Uzbekistan maintains scientific relations with all regional higher education institutions, as well as geographical educational institutions and research institutes of Moscow, Rostov-on-Don (ARGO, Russia), Kazakhstan (KazNU).        

Specifics of training - participates in the training of bachelors and masters within the faculty. The department specializes in training bachelors and masters of geography. The department has a basic doctorate in economic and social geography - 11.00.02.

Name, code and brief description of directions and specialties - On the basis of new state educational standards, teachers of the department prepare bachelors in 60530400 - Geography, 70530402 - Geography (by object of study) and 70530403 - Applied Geography (by field).

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