Editing Uzbekistan (section)

=== Soviet period ===
{{main|Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic}}
By the beginning of 1920, Central Asia was firmly in the hands of Russia and, despite some early [[Basmachi movement|resistance]] to the [[Bolsheviks]], Uzbekistan and the rest of Central Asia became a part of the [[Soviet Union]]. On 27 October 1924, the [[Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic]] was created. From 1941 to 1945, during [[World War II]], 1,433,230 people from Uzbekistan fought in the [[Red Army]] against [[Nazi Germany]]. A number{{how many|date=April 2025}}also [[Ostlegionen|fought on the German side]].{{undue weight inline|date=April 2025}} As many as 263,005 Uzbek soldiers died in the battlefields of the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]], and 32,670 went missing in action.<ref>Chahryar Adle, Madhavan K. Palat, Anara Tabyshalieva (2005). "''[https://books.google.com/books?id=XPfcfF8LRWQC Towards the Contemporary Period: From the Mid-nineteenth to the End of the Twentieth Century] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329231706/https://books.google.com/books?id=XPfcfF8LRWQC |date=29 March 2018 }}''". UNESCO. p.232. {{ISBN|9231039857}}</ref>

During the [[Soviet–Afghan War]], a number of Uzbek troops fought in neighbouring [[Democratic Republic of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]]. At least 1,500 lost their lives and thousands more paralysed.{{cn|date=April 2025}}