REFLECTIONS OF MULLO ABDULKARIM BUKHORI ABOUT RUSSIA AND ITS CAPITAL ST. PETERSBURGH
Diplomatic, economic and trade relations between Maverannahr (Transoxania) and Tsarist Russia were most developed in the 19th century. In a relatively short period of time, representatives of the embassies of these two countries have visited each other many times, thus significantly increasing the level of political, diplomatic, economic and trade relations. On the initiative of the Emirate of Bukhara Emir Khaidar (1800-1827), a delegation was sent to St. Petersburg with the aim of more revitalizing economic and trade relations between the two countries. The delegation included poets and writers, famous chronicler Mirzo Abdulkarim Bukhori. In this article, the authors evaluate the kaside (ode) “Saint Petersburg” of Mullo Abdulkarim Bukhori. As a result of the strengthening of diplomatic and trade relations of Maverannahr with Russia, the theme of Russia appears in literature.