An important international conference on the Second World War took place at the Museum of Victory in Tashkent, bringing together historians and researchers from different parts of the world.

The speakers focused on the importance of a scholarly approach to studying the war. They discussed how the analysis of previously unpublished archival sources could contribute to new interpretations of historical events that differ from traditional Western historiography. Participants also paid particular attention to questions of communicating history to a wider public.

An exhibition organised as part of the event explored the courage, perseverance, daring and patriotism of the Uzbek people on the front line and on the home front during the Second World War.

At the opening ceremony, which also featured a speech by Italy’s Ambassador to Tashkent, Guido De Sanctis, publisher Sandro Teti presented his publishing house’s forthcoming book on the contribution of the Uzbek people to victory in the Second World War.