PUBLICATIONS

"Bukhara in Legends and Facts of History"

By Robert Almeev
"Sharq" Publishing House, Tashkent. 1999

A guide-book with a color illustration takes you along the architectural monuments of Bukhara, the city covered with numerous legends.
Published in English and Russian

Scientific conception of the "Jews of Bukhara" museum.
The Bukhara State Art-Architectural Museum-preserve
Jews in Central Asia
Museum items and exhibits on Bukharan Jews ( from the collection of the Bukhara Museum-Preserve)

By Robert Almeev
"Jewish Heritage" Society, Moscow. 1997

Published in Russian

1.Scientific conception of the "Jews of Bukhara" exhibition, Bukhara State Art-Architectural Museum-Preserve.

This work examines the scientific conception of establishing the first exhibition in Bukhara dedicated to Bukharan Jews. It gives expediency and actuality of the problem and analyzes the international experience on setting up the museums of ethnic groups. The work also offers the structure of the exhibition that covers the origins of Jews in Central Asia from the 3rd - 4th centuries up to the 20th century.

2.Jews in Central Asia

It studies the role of Judaism in the history and culture of peoples of Central Asia. The work includes legends, historical facts and hypothesis that testify Jews' stay in Central Asia since the times of antiquity.

3. Museum Items and Exhibits on Bukharan Jews (from the Museum-Preserve collections)

The particular work gives information on the history, ethnography, and culture of Bukharan Jews kept in the depositories of the Bukhara museum.

Legends of Ancient Bukhara: First Synagogue-Building in the City

By Robert Almeev

It has several interesting legends about the first synagogue-construction in Bukhara. The booklet is illustrated with numerous photographs reflecting synagogue interiors, religious rituals of Bukharan Jews as well as the exhibits from the museum-preserve's collections.

Published in Russian and English

Oral Literature of Bukharan Jews

By Robert Almeev
"Khokan" Publishing House, Bukhara. 1997

The author has collected and worked out a great variety of materials on the oral culture of Bukharan Jews. These include fairy-tales, songs, melodies, puzzles, proverbs, sayings, and interpretations of dreams and superstitious signs. The book has several photographs depicting traditional celebrations of Bukharan Jews.

Published in Russian

Bukharan Jews (Historical- Cultural Overview)

By Robert Almeev

The work is mainly based on researches and periodical publications. It makes readers aware of the richest history and culture of Jews in Central Asia. The book contains very interesting information about the documentary sources and exhibits kept in the depositories of the Bukhara museum- preserve.

Published in Russian

Archive Materials on the History of Bukharan Jews. From Archive Documents of the Russian Imperial Political Agency in Bukhara (Source study)

By Robert Almeev
Tashkent, 2001

The monograph is a research based on various archival sources on the history and ethnography of Bukharan Jews in the Bukharan emirate and Turkistan General-Governorship during the 19th-20th centuries. The book is counted on historians, ethnographers, orientalists, and those interested in ethno-genesis, history, and ethnography of Bukharan Jews.

Published in Russian

History of Registration and Activity of Second Community and Synagogue of Bukharan Jews in Bukhara

By Robert Almeev
Bukhara, 2001

The monograph highlights the history of registration and activity of the second Jewish community and synagogue in Bukhara.

Bukhara in Legends and Facts of History(2nd edition)

By Robert Almeev
Tashkent, 2001

The guide-book with a color illustration takes you along the architectural monuments of Bukhara, the city covered with legends.

Published in English and French

Sitora-i Mohi Khosa

By Koryogdi Jumayev
Bukhara, 1999

The guide-book is about the Sitorai Mohi Khosa architectural complex, the former residence of the last Bukharan emir.

Published in Russian

Bukharan Documents

By Bahodir Kazakov
Verlag. Das Arabische Buch Halle. Berlin, Germany, 2001

The book contains an overview of the documents from the collection of the Bukhara regional library (the collection of documentary sources is actually obtained from the depository of the Bukhara museum-preserve). The particular work includes description of more than 600 documents.

Published in English

Khodja Bahouddin Naqshband

By Bahodir Kazakov
Bukhara, 1993

The book includes the selected articles from the essay of the famous Bukharan scholar Nasridin, emir Muzafar's son. There are some excerpts from the above-mentioned essay written in 1906 and published lithographically in 1909 in Kagan.

Historical Documents of Central Asia

By Bahodir Kazakov
"Uzbekistan" Publishing Company, Tashkent. 1987

The particular work is the first survey in Uzbekistan that gives information on documentary sources on the history and culture of Central Asia. It covers the historical documents of Bukhara and other regions of Central Asia from the late 13th century up to the fall of the Bukharan emirate in 1920.

Published in Russian

Bukharan Embroidery of 19th -20th centuries

By Koryogdi Jumayev
"Sharq" Publishing House, Tashkent. 2001

The booklet tells about the Bukharan silk embroidery, one of the oldest types of decorative-applied art, as well as gives information on the embroidery centers in Bukhara.

Published in English and German