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XORAZM MA’MUN AKADEMIYASI AXBOROTNOMАSI –6(2)/2020  
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a quiet life. Many teachers were at the front and often one teacher had to conduct the subjects which 
weren't even nearly the same. 
Sh. Rashidov worked as a school principal for a little less than a year. Moving a little away from 
the hardships of the war and improving his health, Sh. Rashidov again returns to journalistic activities. 
He is appointed as an editor of the Samarkand regional newspaper "Lenin Yoli". In this position, Sh. 
Rashidov showed such remarkable qualities as initiative, the ability to manage a team, and a culture of 
communication with people. The education and organizational skills of Sh. Rashidov very soon 
attracted the attention of the party leadership of the Samarkand region. During the war years, the party 
needed such leaders. Therefore, in July 1944, Sh. Rashidov was transferred to the post of secretary of 
the regional committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan. 
The transfer of Sharaf Rashidov to party work did not interfere with his creative activity. He, as 
before, continued to write poetry and short stories. But at this time he loses his permanent adviser and 
creative mentor: on July 3, 1944, an outstanding Uzbek poet Hamid Alimjan is killed in a car accident at 
the age of 35. 
On the night of July 2, 1944, the car on which Hamid Alimjan was returning and several other 
writers crashed. H. Alimjan was in serious condition and he was taken to a hospital. Having learned 
about the incident, the head of Uzbekistan Usman Yusupov, together with the leading surgeons of 
Tashkent, arrived at the hospital. Hamid Alimjan was conscious and despite the promises of doctors and 
Usman Yusupov, he felt that his life was leaving. Despite the grave condition, he asked U. Yusupov to 
pay attention to Sharaf Rashidov [1: 49]. 
In 1944, Sh. Rashidov worked as the editor of the Samarkand regional newspaper “Lenin Yuli”. 
In July this year, he was elected secretary of the Samarkand regional party committee. So, thanks to 
Hamid Alimjan and Usman Yusupov, party activity of Sharaf Rashidov began, which led Uzbekistan for 
more than 30 years [10: 17]. 
The Secretary of the Samarkand regional committee of the party, Sharaf Rashidov, took an active 
part in restoring the post-war economy not only within the region but also throughout the republic. 
Together with Samarkand, he took part in the development of the steppes of Central Ferghana, the 
construction of the Farhad hydroelectric station. His leadership qualities and skilful leadership attracted 
the attention of Usman Yusupov. 
In 1947, Sharaf Rashidov was appointed editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Red Uzbekistan” 
(since 1964 - the “Soviets Uzbekistan”, now “The voice of Uzbekistan”) - the central organ of the 
Communist Party of Uzbekistan. They say that neither before nor after Sh. Rashidov, no one was the 
chief editor of this newspaper at the age of thirty [1: 55]. 
Sharaf Rashidov, together with his wife and two children, moved to Tashkent. This year, Sh. 
Rashidov created the foundation for subsequent party activities - he entered in absentia at the Higher