The historical studies on shrines and places of worship in khorezm oasis (30–80 years of the twentieth century)

The article is devoted; study the history of a place of pilgrimage of the Khorezm oasis in scientific works, scientists with the 30–80 уears XX century. Information about the pilgrimage sites and most of the scientific literature was created during the soviet era, and the religious artifacts were studied only in the archeological and architectural aspects.

The article illuminated with the role of Khorezm archeology and ethnography expedition in the study of the history of Khorezm's sacred sites and places of worship, as well as the activities of its head, S. Tolstov, G. Snesarev, art critic L. Yu. Mankovskaya, and the first Uzbek archaeologist Ya. G. Gulomov. The scientific studies of the scientists who have started the scientific analysis of the history of Khorezmian pilgrimages and their stories have been analyzed. At the same time, literature based on Soviet-era literature has been critically analyzed. The article examines chronologically the works of ethnographers and archaeologists of the Soviet period.