In the article Jadidism movement and its representatives are analyzed from the point of view of the national writer of Tajikistan Dzhalol Ikromi. On the basis of reminiscences and memoirs of this outstanding Tajik man-of-letters the author of the article sheds light on some aspects of the history of Jadidism. It is emphasized that the ides and works of prose writer D. Ikromi with his inclination into history are a valuable and reliable source in the cognition of the Tajik jadids, such as, Abdurauf Fitrat, Sadriddin Aini, Abdulvokhid Munzim, Abdukadyr Mukhiddinov, Fayzullo Hojayev, Usmon Hojayev, Akhmadjon Hamdi, brothers Mukammil and Mazkhar Burkhanovs, Mirzo Izatullo, Ismoil Sadri and others, their role in tution of the people to literary, opening of new methodical schools, propaganda of a creation of new society and also in disclosure of negative sides of the activity of these educators at the beginning of the XX century, especially the adherence of some of them towards panturkizm – all these moments are elucidated in the article.
Jadidism movement, Dzhalol Ikromi, Bukhara, Sadriddin Aini, Munzim’s school, Fitrat, enlightenment, panturkism
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