The House museum of Faizulla Khodjaev

 Practise day8/ 01.06.2022
The House museum of Faizulla Khodjaev

    The House museum of Faizulla Khodjaev is a fine example of the Bukharan architectural style of the late 19th c., and is located in the house of his father, Ubaidulla Khodji, in the old quarter of Gozien. It has a large garden and is divided into two halves: the outer (for men) and inner (for women). The living area has a large reception room for guests, and summer and winter rooms with beautiful murals in the traditional Bukhara style.

  

A high wooden carved gallery (or "aivan") covers the main entrance. In the restored rooms * is original furniture and examples of clothing, crockery and other household items typical of the late 19th - early 20th cc.The exhibition has some documents, photographs, books and other items which were saved despite Faizulla Khodjaev's persecution.  Faizulla Khodjaev (1896-1938) was a leading state and political figure of Uzbekistan, born in Bukhara, who lived from 1896-1938. He was born into a rich Bukhara merchant's family and at the age of 17 took part in the Jadid movement and the activities of the Young Bukharans, after the 1917 revolution preparing an armed uprising and the overthrow of the emirate in Bukhara. From 1920-1924, Faizulla Khodjaev was the leader of the Bukhara People's Soviet Republic, and from 1925-37 he was first Chairman of the Soviet of People's Commissars of the UzSSR, one of the chairmen of the central executive committee of the USSR, and member of the central committee of the Uzbek Communist Party.

 

    In June 1937 he was arrested, together with a group of leading revolutionaries and party workers (N. I. Bukharin, A. Ikramov, N. N. Krestinskii, A. I. Rykov and others), was tried in Moscow as part of the so called "right Trotskyist block", and in March 1938, shot. You can see traditional Bukhara clothing of the period, a traditional cradle or "garovabandon", and have tea and traditional Bukhara sweets.

    In 1996 , which is the anniversary of Fayzylla Khyjayev's birth and 30 years after official rehabilitation , a small museum was opened in Khodjaev's honor , inside the guestroom of the male courtyard . Archive photos and newspapers ( look for the 1930 copy of Bukharan Proletariat ) document the Red Army's arrival and Khodjaev's rise and fall all the way to his show trial in Moscow . His wife died in Siberian exile , but a grandson still survives in Tashkent .

 

    

Women part of the Fayzylla Khyjayev house The female courtyard ( harem ) is even better restored , with winter quarters and stove on the left and summer quarters and is cooled by a high iwan , on the right . There is little furniture to clutter the small rooms as all ornaments were kept in niches in the wall and the family slept on mattresses , as they do today . During the Soviet invasion , the rich ganch ornamentation of the walls was covered in clay , to protect the decoration and partly to protect the family as well , but today the walls shine again . There are some interesting photos here , including some of the bombed city after Soviet troops attacked in 1920 and the ensuing proclamation of the Bukharan People's Republic in Kalon Square .

 

    The Fayzulla Khujayev house museum The house was built in 1891 by his father , Ubaidullah . Fayzulla lived here until 1925 when the Soviets converted it into a school . Meticulous restoration of the elegant frescoes , latticework and Bukhara - style ceiling beams ( carved , unpainted elm ) have all been returned to their former glory . The house has a large garden and is divided into two halves : the outer ( for men ) and inner ( for women ) . The living area has a large reception room for guests , and summer and winter rooms with beautiful murals in the traditional Bukhara style .

 

UZBEK DISHES WERE COOKED IN A DEFINITE SEASON OF THE YEAR IN SUMALAK , MEAT DUMPLINGS WITH VEGETABLES , SAMSA WITH VEGE - TABLES , STUFFED MEAT COVERED WITH GRAPE LEAVES . ROAST FROM CABBAGE , SOUPS FROM BEANS , CEREALS WITH MINT . DIFFERENT FISH . IN SUMMER- SHASHLIK WITH TOMATOES , STUFFED MEAT COVERED WITH CABBAGE LEAVES STUFFED PEPPERS , LAGMAN VEGETABLE SALADS , COLD SOUPS FROM VEGETABLES AND SOUR MILK , SHASHLIK COOKED OH STEAM , STEWED MEAT , FRUITS , IN AUTUMN FRIED MEAT , FISH SHASHLIK , ROAST FROM YOUNG LAMB , SOUPS , PLOV WITH QUINCE , MANTI A RAVIOLI LIKE DISH / WITH MEAT AND PUMPKIN . IN WINTER - PLOV WITH MUTTON , PLOV FROM KAZI / HORSE MEAT , SHASHLIK FROM LAMB , RADISH - LAD , SOUP WITH FRY , BEAN GRUEL , FRUITS , JAMS . TEA .

 

    Markets and commercial lines of Bukhara were stretching from Lyabi Khauz to Registan in XIX - XX e Medrese Nadir Divanbegi - beind there was Khodja market - trade : rastai - khalvagaron , rokhatijon ( ice - cream ) , bakkali - groceries of Kikaldash medrese - market on sale of namak - salt , nahud - peas , kunjut oil , and cereals Around Lyabi Khauz there were : rastau nonfurushon -bread sale , khalvagaron - sweets sale , choyfurushon - tea sale . From Lyabi Khauz to toki sarafon there were : bozori choy - market on sale of tea bozori murg - market on sale of hens , bozori alaf - market on sala of clover . It was also possible get soap , candeles and linens from stores those were nearby . Toki Sarafon - smooth silk scarves from Margelan and Bukhara . Tim of Abdullakhan - magnificent market with six gates . There was trade of linens , weapons , militari equipment and everyday subjects . On the square between Ulugbek and Abdulasiskhan there was trade of meat , fruits and vegetables , those were brought from villages . Near Miri Arab medrese : rice , fruits . vegetables and bread were sold . Registan on the west : bozori meva - market on sale of fruits , bozori choy - market on sale of tea , and market on sale of meat . Around Bolo Khauz - bozori kogoz and siyoh - market on sale of paper and ink .