This article reveals the complex and contradictory processes that took place in the system of higher education in the 20-30s оf the 20th century. It was a period of reforms, experiments, the results of which at the initial stage left much to be desired. All this affected the quality of trained specialists. The situation was aggravated by the fact that the system of higher education in Uzbekistan was created virtually from scratch. However, already in the 1930s, the development of higher education entered a more or less civilized course, well-trained specialists began to graduate from universities, including representatives of the indigenous population. Despite the obvious successes, the higher education system had a clearly defined class orientation and was subordinate to the dominant communist ideology.

higher education, reforms, class approach, personnel, university, higher educational institution, experiment, teaching methods, ideology