THE FORMATION OF POETRY IN THE BUKHARA OASIS DURING THE SOVIET ERA

Abstract

This article presents a historical analysis of the regional poetic milieu that emerged in the Bukhara oasis during the 1950s–1970s, examined in relation to the political and ideological processes of the Soviet era. The study focuses primarily on the interrelationships among Soviet ideology, the social order imposed upon literature, the regional press, literary organizations, and the creative environment. Drawing on the Bukhara oasis as a case study, the article identifies the mechanisms through which centralized cultural policy influenced regional literary processes, the ideological boundaries governing the selection of themes and ideas, the dynamics of literary legitimation, and the adaptive strategies employed by writers under existing conditions. The research demonstrates that, while Soviet ideological control shaped the organizational and thematic orientations of regional poetry, it was unable to fully homogenize the local literary milieu. The poetic process in the Bukhara oasis was shaped through the interaction of official ideological demands, local cultural memory, individual creative needs, and institutional opportunities. The article provides a scholarly grounding for the dual function of the regional press: simultaneously as an instrument of ideological control and as a field of literary legitimation for young writers.