TOLERANT BUKHARA (ON THE HISTORICAL MATERIALS OF THE LATE XIX – EARLY XX CENTURIES)

The article deals with the Russian-Bukhara relations of the late XIX-early XX centuries, ethnic processes associated with the penetration of the Russian Empire into Central Asia, the emergence of individual places of compact residence of Russian subjects – different nationalities. On the basis of scientific, popular and journalistic materials the dynamics of population growth of Russian settlements in Bukhara is traced. The work also involved valuable archival materials reflecting the true history of the time.