The Tashkent Library was founded in 1870 and was renamed the Tashkent People's Library in February 1919, and in May 1920 the Turkestan State Library; By resolution of Sredazliquid Committee on April 4, 1925 it was reorganized into the Central Asian State Library with subordination to the People's Commissariat of Education of the Uzbekistan SSR.
It was renamed the State Public Library of the Uzbek SSR (GPBUz) after the liquidation of Central Asian institutions in 1934
Regulations on the library; orders and instructions for the library, meeting protocols of the expert and qualification commissions; information about books, brochures, magazines, newspapers and manuscripts on Turkestan; Correspondence with the Russian Book Chamber.
