e-ISSN : 26203502 p-ISSN : 26153785 International Journal on Integrated Education Volume 4, Issue 12, Dec 2021 | 146 Copyright (c) 2021 Author (s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The Formation of the First Libraries in Uzbekistan and the Role of Increasing the Cultural and Educational Awareness of the Population Muminmirzo Kholmuminov Teacher of the Uzbekistan State Institute of Arts and Culture Asilbek Qolqanatov The Uzbekistan State Institute of Arts and Culture Master’s Student of Arts and Culture Management Abstract: The history and processes of the establishment of the first libraries in Uzbekistan have not yet been fully studied. Preliminary views were expressed on the mission of libraries in raising the ideological and political awareness of the population and the tasks of libraries. This article provides scientific research and analysis on the development of libraries as a cultural and educational organization and the history of library science. Opinions were expressed and historical materials were provided on the activities of the staff of the first libraries and the role of libraries in the political and ideological processes. Keywords: librarianship, education, jadid, club, political and economic process, institution, public, analysis, activity, book fund, cultural level. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the twentieth century, in order to further develop the system of cultural, educational, political and ideological work of the people of Turkestan, special attention was paid to the activities of clubs and libraries. Mass propaganda was an important means of propagating the policy of the party and the Soviet state among the general public at that time. Libraries and reading rooms mainly served to raise the ideological and political consciousness of the masses. They did not have publications in libraries that contradicted Soviet ideology. As a result, insufficient attention is paid to knowledge and works on Uzbek national culture, history, and spiritual heritage. Jadid organizations in Tashkent, Kokand, Samarkand, and Andijan, on the one hand, carried out the independence movement, and on the other hand, established libraries with a collection of national historical works. The great poet of Turkestan founded Jadidism in Andijan, Cholpon established the “Turan Library” in his homeland [1: 267]. Initiatives that serve to enhance such a spiritual world of the common people were not welcomed by government officials. Because the population would gather in libraries and enjoy the spirituality, raising the aesthetic culture. Libraries are divided into public, technical and various special libraries, educational institutions, libraries, scientific libraries, depending on their functions, activities, the composition of book funds. The activities of public libraries are aimed at meeting the demand of the population for books in various fields. In order to increase the socio- cultural and educational activity of the people and make them active members of the party, an out-of-school department was established under the People's Commissariat of Education to manage all cultural and educational activities. They were members of reading rooms and libraries. At that time, there were about 1,000 literacy schools, many libraries, reading rooms, clubs, red teahouses, women's clubs. At the II Congress of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan adopted a special resolution on “Club work”, which stressed the need to use the activities of libraries and reading rooms to raise the cultural level and activity of the club’s working people. The department of library work under the Commissariat of Public Education has great opportunities and privileges, organizes public libraries and reading rooms, mobile libraries, provides them with methodological assistance, and helps to train library staff. As a result, the