This article is an analysis of the legal framework of the first officially established customs offices in Central Asia. On the basis of archival materials, an attempt was made to reveal the activities to establish the customs work of the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, the formation of its administrative structure, and the implementation of the legitimation process in trade affairs. In the article, in chronological order, provisional rules, various decrees and circular documents on the organization of the customs business of the Turkestan ASSR are covered.   

Turkestan ASSR, customs, custom-tariffs, smuggling

Report on the activities of the Turkestan Economic Council in February-October, 1921 Tashkent, 1922. P. 135.

National Archives of Uzbekistan, fund R-25, list 1, volume 155, page 363.

Botirov E. From The History Of Customs And Customs Taxes In Uzbekistan //The American Journal of Social Science and Education Innovations. – 2021. – Т. 3. – №. 05. – С. 74-78.

National Archives of Uzbekistan, fund R –ЗЗО, list 1, volume 5, page 1.

National Archives of Uzbekistan, fund R –ЗЗО, list 1, volume 5, page 12.

Отчет о деятельности Туркестанского Экономического Совета за февраль-октябрь месяцы 1921 года. Ташкент. 1922. С.135-136

National Archives of Uzbekistan, fund R -25, list 1, volume 155, pages 363-364.

Report on the activities of the Turkestan Economic Council in February-October, 1921 Tashkent, 1922. P. 138-139.

Laws on trade // Collection of decrees and other regulations on internal and external trade. Volume 3. M., 1923. P.145

Elbek Botirov, CUSTOMS EVOLUTION IN CENTRAL ASIA: FROM THE HISTORY OF TRADING ROADS, POSTS AND CUSTOMS TARIFFS. Look to the past. 2021, Special issue 3, pp.192-198