OVERCOMING EUROCENTRISM IN STUDYING THE HISTORY OF THE EASTERN COUNTRIES

Abstract

The article discusses issues related to the peculiarities of studying the countries of the East using the example of the states of Central Asia with their rich historical and cultural heritage. For a long time, the main attention was paid to the study of the period when the Central Asian states were part of the Russian Empire and the USSR. At the same time, historians defended the idea of the absolutely progressive significance of the development of the Central Asian republics within the framework of the USSR. The acquisition of independence by the states of the region allowed historians to take new look at a number of historical events and the historical process as a whole. In the final part of the article, the author emphasizes the possibility of overcoming Eurocentrism and declares the need for methodological interaction between historians from different countries and scientific schools.