Individuals and events related to Uzbekistan in

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''Ongoing: COVID-19 pandemic in Uzbekistan'' * 25 January – Millions of people are left without electricity after a major power outage affects Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan's energy ministry reports that the power outage had been triggered by an "energy imbalance" in Kazakhstan's power grid. * 1 July – Protests occur in the autonomous Uzbekistani region of

Karakalpakstan Karakalpakstan, / officially the Republic of Karakalpakstan, / is an autonomous republic of Uzbekistan. It occupies the whole northwestern part of Uzbekistan. The capital is Nukus (' / ). The Republic of Karakalpakstan has an area of , and ...

against a proposed constitutional change that would strip the region of its autonomy. * 2 July –

2022 Karakalpak protests Protests broke out in the autonomous region of Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan on 1 July 2022 over proposed amendments by Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the Uzbek President, to the Constitution of Uzbekistan, which would have ended Karakalpakstan's status as ...

: The government of Uzbekistan drops plans to strip

of its autonomy amid widespread protests in the region. Internet access is restricted as regional protests continue for a second day, with the government accusing a "criminal gang" of trying to seize government buildings in Karakalpakstan. * 3 July – Five people are killed and thousands are injured after mass protests in Nukus,

, Uzbekistan. President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev accuses "rioters" of violence. * 4 July – The government of Uzbekistan says 18 people have been killed and 243 others injured as protests appear to stabilise in

, though concerns over the possibility of

ethnic conflict An ethnic conflict is a conflict between two or more contending ethnic groups. While the source of the conflict may be political, social, economic or religious, the individuals in conflict must expressly fight for their ethnic group's positi ...

remain. * 5 July – Five rockets are fired into Uzbekistan from Afghanistan, landing in the city of Termez. Government officials report that none of the missiles exploded and that minor damage occurred to four homes. * 9 August – Uzbek chess grandmaster Nodirbek Abdusattorov wins the

44th Chess Olympiad The 44th Chess Olympiad (also known as the Indian Chess Olympiad), was organised by the FIDE, Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) in Chennai, the state capital of Tamil Nadu, India from 28 July to 9 August 2022. It consisted of open ...

. * 10 August – Uzbekistan's embassy in Russia warns its citizens not to join Russian forces invading Ukraine, saying that those who do so will be criminally liable for mercenaryism upon returning to Uzbekistan. * 25 September – Uzbekistan suspends the use of Russia's card payment system Mir. The move was supposedly warranted by the need "to carry out the necessary technical procedures" and was not related to sanctions. *

2022 Russian mobilization On 21 September 2022, seven months into the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia declared a partial mobilization of military reservists. The decision was made a day after the announcement of the Russian 2022 ann ...

: Uzbekistan says that it will not deport Russians fleeing

conscription Conscription (also called the draft in the United States) is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues in some countries to the present day un ...

. *29 December – Eighteen children die in Uzbekistan after drinking a cough syrup manufactured by Indian drug maker

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* 15 February – Rustam Akramov, 73, football manager

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