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Asadulla-Khodzhayev, Ashurali Zohiriy, Elbek, Otadjon Khoshimov, other. From January 1929 until 
1933, the Bolshevik regime repressed 217 intellectuals of our country. The worst thing is that most of 
them were shot. Political repression reached its peak in 1937-1938 and went down in history under the 
name of "Great Terror." During this period, 681,692 thousand people were sentenced to death and 
executed in the USSR [7: 131]. In the USSR, millions of people were repressed and sentenced to long 
terms of imprisonment. According to data from 1936-1940, 5,758 Uzbek writers, journalists, public 
figures were detained in Uzbekistan, more than 4,800 people were shot. In total, from 1937 to 1953 100 
thousand Uzbeks were repressed, 13 thousand of them were sentenced to death [8]. Among the 
repressed were Abdullah Kadiri, the founder of the Uzbek novel genre in Uzbek literature, the scientist, 
playwright and public figure Fitrat, the founders of the new Uzbek poetry Chulpan and Usman Nasyr, 
the first head of the Uzbek government SSR F. Khodjaev, the leader of the Communists of Uzbekistan 
A. Ikramov, as well as many other figures of science and culture, leading colleagues, representatives of 
religion, ordinary intellectuals. 
The “cleaning” of party ranks in Uzbekistan was carried out in several stages. The first stage was 
carried out in the early 1930s, during which almost 40 thousand members were expelled from the party, 
and in 1937, another thousand people. In 1938, the party began to replenish, and the young Communists 
began to rise very quickly through the ranks. Among these young people was Sharaf Rashidov [1: 40-
41]. In 1938 he became a candidate member of the CPSU (b), and in 1939 he was admitted to the party. 
It should be noted that the career growth of many Soviet leaders in the 1960s – 1970s began precisely 
during the Stalinist “personnel revolution” in the 1930s. However, the achievement of these high 
government posts by these people is explained not only by objective historical reasons. In this case, of 
course, one should take into account subjective factors, that is, the personal qualities of each of them. 
For example, in Sh. Rashidov these qualities were determination, determination, hard work, intelligence 
and, of course, ambition. If Sh. Rashidov lacked even one of these qualities, he would hardly have been 
able to achieve such great heights in his life [1: 42]. 
In his student years, Sharaf Rashidov was engaged in creativity, wrote poetry and short stories. 
Watching his activities, the dean of the faculty Ibrokhim Muminov (philosopher, academician, who later 
became a well-known public figure) receives permission from the rector for this active student so that he 
can work in the Samarkand regional newspaper “Lenin Yo’li” (Lenin Way "). In the editorial office of 
this newspaper, Sh. Rashidov works as a correspondent, executive secretary, and deputy editor. In his 
final year, he was promoted to the post of editor of a newspaper. The first steps of Sharaf Rashidovich 
on the path of life convinced his contemporaries of his outstanding abilities and talent [9: 17]. 
Sharaf Rashidov graduated from the university in 1941, dreamed of a peaceful creative life. The 
outbreak of the war changed the life plans of Sh. Rashidov. Already in August 1941, hundreds of 
students and dozens of teachers from Samarkand University joined the army. Sh. Rashidov, together 
with a group of students, voluntarily left for the Red Army and was sent to an infantry school in Frunze 
(now Bishkek), the capital of the Kyrgyz Republic. Studying at the school was designed for 4 months, 
but due to the difficult situation at the front and, first of all, on the approaches to Moscow, already in 
October all the sergeant staff and three cadet battalions were sent to Moscow to defend the capital. 
Together with classmates, Sh. Rashidov was sent to the North-Western Front as part of the 191
st
Red 
Banner Novgorod Rifle Division. 
Like thousands of other Uzbek soldiers, Sharaf Rashidov heroically repelled the attacks of the 
Nazis. In the trenches, soldiers chose him as the secretary of the Komsomol Bureau of the 38th Guards 
Division battalion. For courage in the battles near Moscow in August 1942, he was awarded the Order 
of the Red Star [3: 89-90]. 
He was seriously injured in his left arm at the end of 1942. After long-term treatment in the city of 
Revda, Sverdlovsk Region, he was demobilized and returned home. This wound made itself felt until 
the end of his life. Asil Rashidov writes about this: “The Sharaf and Sahob Rashidov brothers took part 
in the deadly battles during the most difficult period of the war - 1942 - 1944 and returned from the 
battlefield with wounds” [2: 22-25]. 
Sh. Rashidov returned to civilian life, in his native land - Jizzakh. He was appointed the director 
of his native school. It should be said that during the war years the position of director did not guarantee 

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