This article analyzes the scientific research of Academician Yuriy Fyodorovich Buryakov dedicated to the study of the archaeological monuments of the Tashkent oasis. It examines the methodological approaches applied, the historical conclusions drawn from archaeological sources, and the scholar’s role in historiography. In addition, the article evaluates Buryakov’s scientific legacy and his contribution to the study of the history of the Tashkent oasis.

Buryakov, Tashkent, Choch, Chirchiq, Fergana, Angren, excavations, urbanization, ancient times, Central Asia, underground resources.

Buryakov Yu. F. (1965). About the location of the Shasha Silver Mine. ONU, (12).

Buryakov Yu. F. (1966). Archaeological materials on the history of Tunket and Abrlyg: Materials on the history of Uzbekistan. Tashkent.

Buryakov Yu. F. (1967). Ancient cities in Tashkent. Builder of Tashkent.

Buryakov Yu. F. (1982). Genesis and stages of development of urban culture of the Tashkent oasis. Tashkent: FAN.

Buryakov, Yu. F., Kasymov, M. R., & Rostovsev, O. M. (1973). Archaeological monuments of the Tashkent region. Tashkent: FAN.

Nielsen W. A. ​​(1966). Architecture of Central Asia V–VIII centuries. Tashkent.

Yurkevich E. A. (1965). Settlements of the Kushan period in the territory of Northern Bactria. Soviet archeology, (4).