| Raʼno Abdullayeva | |
| Birth Name: | Raʼno Xabibovna Abdullayeva |
| Birth Date: | 16 September 1935 |
| Birth Place: | Shofirkon district, Bukhara, Uzbek SSR, USSR |
| Nationality: | Uzbek |
| Occupation: | Historian, public and political figure, cultural worker |
| Years Active: | 1955-1988 |
| Known For: | Being a prominent leader of the Komsomol and the Communist Party of Uzbekistan, being arrested and tried in the context of the Uzbek affair, being the author of many books on the history and culture of Uzbekistan |
| Notable Works: | Preodolenie ada (Overcoming Hell), Oʻzbek xalq maqollari va matallari (Proverbs and Sayings of the Uzbek People) |
Raʼno Xabibovna Abdullayeva (born September 16, 1935, in Shofirkon district, Bukhara, Uzbek SSR, USSR) is a historian, a prominent public and political figure, and a cultural worker (1985) of the Uzbek SSR. She has a doctorate in history (1978).
She was born on September 16, 1935, in Shofirkon district, Bukhara region. She was a member of the CPSU. Her father was an NKVD officer.[1]
From 1955 to 1988, she worked in various positions of economic, social and political importance. She defended her candidate dissertation on the topic of “The activity of the Komsomol of the Uzbek SSR in the seven-year plan of 1959-1965”. Her doctoral dissertation was on the topic of "The leadership of the CPSU in the conditions of developed socialism".[2]
From 1955 to 1988, she was a teacher, the first secretary of the Shofirkon district Komsomol committee, the head of the department of the Shofirkon district committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan, the secretary and the head of the department of the Central Committee of the Komsomol of Uzbekistan, the first secretary of the party organization. She was also the secretary of the Samarkand regional committee of the Komsomol of Uzbekistan, the secretary of the Samarqand regional committee of the Komsomol of Uzbekistan, the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Komsomol of Uzbekistan, the head of the culture department of the Central Committee of the Komsomol of Uzbekistan, the deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Uzbek SSR, and the secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan on ideology.[3]
On October 29, 1987, she was arrested without cause by the group of T. Gdlyan and V. Ivanov and sent to the Butyrka prison in Moscow. After being declared innocent by the Supreme Court of the USSR, she was released on January 15, 1990, and returned to Tashkent. Raʼno Abdullayeva is the author of many books on the party and youth organizations of the Uzbek SSR as a historian. In her book “Preodolenie ada” (Overcoming Hell), she described her trial process in the Supreme Court of the USSR. She also published a book titled “Oʻzbek xalq maqollari va matallari” (Proverbs and Sayings of the Uzbek People). She was also engaged in creative writing and wrote stories for children. She visited 27 countries on official trips.[4]
She was accused and tried in the context of the Uzbek Cotton scandal.
She was elected as a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in the 7th and 8th convocations, and as a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR in the 6th, 9th, 10th and 11th convocations.
She was a delegate of the XXIII, XXIV, and XXVII congresses of the CPSU.
She currently lives in Tashkent.