JADIDS OF BUKHARA AND NON-WESTERN NATIONALISM
Early conceptualization of nation and nationalism across Central Asia in the late 19th - early 20th century was a reaction to the conquest of the region by tsarist Russia. For the development of contemporary society projects Bukhara merchants and pilgrims on the famous Tatar educator I. Gasprinskiy’s advice puts forward a new elite - they were Jadids. Most of Jadids demonstrate less politicized nationalism of non-Western orientation, as basic value for them was multiethnic nation (millet). In this context Jadids insisted on the primacy of education and culture in the development of the nation. Today’s interest in the ideas of Bukhara Jadids, in their interpretation of development issues can help to preserve and develop the sociocultural multipolarity and shape the phenomenon of citizenship desired for the countries of the region.