On September 30, 2026, the State Museum of Memory of the Victims of Repression under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, in cooperation with the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Tashkent City Department of the Mahalla Charitable Public Foundation, and the Shahidlar Xotirasi Public Foundation, held an educational and cultural event entitled “The Devotees of the Homeland and Nation Are Forever Remembered and Honoured.”
The event placed special emphasis on the lives and activities of our compatriots who fell victim to repressive policies during difficult periods in the history of our country, their selfless service to the development of the people and the nation, and efforts to preserve their memory for future generations.
The event was opened with welcoming remarks by Bakhtiyor Hasanov, Director of the State Museum of Memory of the Victims of Repression, Chairman of the Shahidlar Xotirasi Public Foundation, Doctor of Historical Sciences and Professor; Jannat Hamidovna Ismailova, Director of the State Museum of History of Uzbekistan, Doctor of Historical Sciences and Professor; and Sokijon Karimov, Chairman of the Tashkent City Department of the Mahalla Charitable Public Foundation.
During the event, participants listened to a presentation entitled “In Memory of Enlightened Individuals” by Muslimbek Alijonov, the museum’s leading research fellow and PhD in History, and a presentation entitled “The Tragic Fate of Repression: Women and Children” by Aziza Akhrarova, Head of the Museum Exhibition Department and PhD in History.
A particularly noteworthy aspect of the event was the invitation of nearly 30 descendants of people who had been victims of repression in Tashkent. The Tashkent City Department of the Mahalla Charitable Public Foundation presented commemorative gifts to descendants of victims of repression, museum staff, historians, scholars and educators.
