ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 9

Traditional religious beliefs of the uzbek people R. P. in the interpretation of Snesarev

*Master's degree from Namangan State University, Uzbekistan. Email id: jasurbekmamatov899@gmail.com

Online published on 8 November, 2021.

Abstract

This article analyzes the extensive work of Gleb Pavlovich Snesarev, one of the leading researchers in the 50s and 70s of the twentieth century, who thoroughly studied the ethnography and ancient religious beliefs of the Uzbek people. The main focus of the article is on the field materials collected by this scientist during the Khorezm archeological and ethnographic expedition and the issues raised in them, the tendencies of the ancient religious beliefs of the population of the Khorezm oasis.

Keywords

Soviet Period, Soviet Society, Ethnographic Materials, Zoroastrianism, Ancient Religious Beliefs, Class Theory, Khorezm Oasis, Uzbek People, Demonology, Genesis, Cults Of Nature, Rituals, Customs