With a centuries-long history of residence in Central Asia, Bukharian Jews formed a distinct Jewish community within its territory. They owe their name "Bukharian" to the main location of their settlement, the Bukhara Emirate, where they lived not only in the capital, but also in many other cities. With the formation of the Turkestan Governor-Generalship (1867), large Jewish communities also appeared in the cities of the Ferghana Valley, in Tashkent and a number of other places. They engaged in trade and crafts, were dyers, jewelers, tin-smiths, builders, stonemasons, making a significant contribution to the economic life of the cities. Bukharian Jews settled among the Muslim population, but in most places had their own quarters.
You can learn more about the topic in the book-album “Uzbekistan in historic photographs of the 19th - early 20th centuries in the collections of Russian archives” (Volume XXXVII) in the series “Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan”.
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