House-museum of Fayzulla Khodjaev

 House-museum of Fayzulla Khodjaev

Fayzulla Khodjaev was born in 1896 in Bukhara, in the family of a merchant. (1896-1938) is a Soviet party and statesman. In 1913 he joined the Jadid movement. In 1916-1920, Faizulla Khodzhaev was one of the leaders of the Young Bukharian party, who advocated the overthrow of the emir. Khodjaev headed the government of the Bukhara People’s Soviet Republic as Chairman of the Council of People’s Nazeers (September 1920 – December 1924), until its entry into the Uzbek SSR. On February 17, 1925, by the resolution of the First Constituent Congress of Soviets of the Uzbek SSR, was approved by the Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Uzbek SSR and a member of the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the Uzbek SSR. The house-museum of Fayzulla Khodjaev, located in the old part of Bukhara – a vivid example of architecture of the XIX century. The house was built by Fayzulla’s father, Ubaidulla Khodjaev, a merchant who traded with Russia, Germany and other countries. The total area of ​​the house is three hectares. It consists of the male half and the female half. Balconies and living rooms in the house are decorated with magnificent examples of carving and painting. As in other rich houses, the buildings are located around three yards: sai-khanah or permanent, tashkari – for guests, and ichkari – for the family. The house-museum has the following exhibitions: an ethnographic exhibition showing the rich merchant life of the XIX-XX centuries, an exhibition devoted to the life of Faizulla Khodjaev, and an exhibition “Kitchen in the house of a rich merchant”. Of particular interest are exhibits such as 19th-century dishes made at the Russian factories of Gardner and Kuznetsov, oriental musical instruments of the 19th century, silk and velvet clothes of Bukharans of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.