Foreign scholars and archival policy in post-soviet Uzbekistan

The article gives a description and assessment of the situation with the availability of foreign researchers in the archives of Uzbekistan. The analysis of publications of foreign researchers on archival policy divides them into two categories: publications with scientific and practical value for prospective researchers and works layered political implication. At the same time, given the criticisms of researchers, the author stresses the need for the liberalization of access to documents of the Soviet period and taking into account the world practice of developing specific legislation on the opening of archives to researchers.