MILITARY LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION ON LEADERSHIP QUALITIES AS TAUGHT AT THE ACADEMY OF THE ARMED FORCES OF UZBEKISTAN
Abstract
This article reveals the content of modern requirements for the officer-commander of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan, according to which the training and education of cadets and students of the Academy of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan is carried out.
It should be noted that the concept of "leadership" in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan is determined by commanding qualities - spiritual and moral, military professional, personal. The Central Asian idea of leadership differs from the Western one in that it is inextricably linked with the team and is built on the principle of integrity and unity.
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Among works by Samarov relating to leadership are Garviylik Sharafli kasb [The military as an honorable profession] (Tashkent: FAN, 2006); Jamiyat va Kurolli Kuchlar [Society and armed forces] (Tashkent: FAN, 2008); Havfsizlikning methodologies asoslari [Fundamentals of security methodologies] (Tashkent: Akademiya, 2010). Another contribution of Academy faculty is G. B. Shoumarov, and Z. Rasulova, Encyckopediasi Tarihiy ananalari, madaniyati, ruhiyati va ma’lumot [Historical traditions, culture, psyche and formation] (Tashkent: 2016).
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Amir Temur’s birthdate has long been subject to conjecture by historians. The standard English-language biography of Temur, also known as Tamerlane, is Beatrice Forbes Manz’s work, The Rise and Fall of Tamerlane (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999). Manz places Temur’s birth in the 1320s or 1330s. The government of Uzbekistan officially recognizes the date stated here and marks anniversaries accordingly. Each year the Armed Forces Academy hosts a historical conference to mark his birthday.
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In Russian, the author uses the terms “obuchenie” and “vospitanie.” As understood in combination at the Academy of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan, these can encompass both intellectual development, including the accumulation of knowledge, and cultivation of the habits and attitude of the military profession. In the United States, we might refer to education, training, and indoctrination.
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