Language Uzbek Publication date 2000-2005 Genre Reference work | Subject General Media type 12 volumes (hardbound) Country Uzbekistan | |
Publisher National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan State Scientific Publishing House | ||
The National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan (Uzbek: Oʻzbekiston milliy ensikopediyasi, OʻzME in Latin script, Ўзбекистон миллий энциклопедияси, ЎзМЭ in Cyrillic script) is a general-knowledge encyclopedia in the Uzbek language.
Contents
While the Uzbek Soviet Encyclopedia was published in 14 volumes, the National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan has only 12, much smaller volumes. The first volume of the National Encyclopedia was published in 2000. The final 12th volume was published in 2005.
History
The National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan was published in Tashkent from 2000 to 2005 by the National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan State Scientific Publishing House. The encyclopedia was printed in Cyrillic even though it was published long after Uzbekistan introduced the Latin script to Uzbek. In 2013, all of the articles of the National Encyclopedia were added to the Uzbek Wikipedia with the help of a bot.
Content
The National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan has about 50,000 entries. The majority of the articles in the National Encyclopedia were directly taken from the Uzbek Soviet Encyclopedia. The bulk of the National Encyclopedia (40 percent) is devoted to subjects about Uzbekistan. About 60 percent of the articles are on social sciences and the other 40 percent are on natural sciences. The 12th volume is entirely dedicated to subjects about Uzbekistan.
The encyclopedia praises Islam Karimov, the late president of Uzbekistan, and his administration. The first volume starts with a congratulatory letter from Karimov.