Today, the Writers' Union held a ceremony to award the winners of the competition "I am a protector of the sacred land." It is gratifying that Ma'mura Turaeva, who participated in the competition in the prose direction, is the editor of "Ta'lim" TV channel. The victory of the administration is another step we have taken in education.

    At the event, the chairman of the association, Sirojiddin Sayyid, congratulated the military on January 14 - Defenders of the Motherland Day.  Deputy chairpersons of the union Farida Afro'z, Gayrat Majid, and the acting chairman of the Creative Union of Journalists of Uzbekistan took part in it. Kholmurod Salimov, representatives of military departments, artists, cadets took part.

   The first stage of the competition was held in the system of the organization in December 2024, - said the organizer of the event Mamura Zohidova. - Essays of 16 participants from 6 military structures of the Armed Forces and poems of 18 participants were presented at the republican stage. The competition for professional poets was announced on social networks. A total of 35 professional artists were studied, including more than 86 poems by 25 poets, and about 21 prose works by 10 publicists and writers.

   At the event, poets and participants read poems celebrating the Motherland and the military. The winners were awarded diplomas, a collection of books and cash prizes from the Writers' Union and military units.

The following participants were declared winners of the "I am a protector of the sacred land" competition.

 In the direction of poetic works among young artists:

1st place - Parizoda Ruzhibaeva (for her poems about the military);

2nd place - Husniddin Hayit, (for his poems about the military);

3rd place - Shahina Usmonova, (for her poems about the military).

In the field of prose works among young artists:

1st place - Ma'mura Turaeva (for her stories about the military);

2nd place - Iroda Zokir qizi, (for stories about soldiers);

3rd place - Zikrilla Muhammad, (for his stories about soldiers).

        Among military personnel of the Armed Forces system, their families in the direction of poetic works:

1st place - Dilnozakhon Sulaymonova - Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

2nd place - Bakhtiyor Dusvuriyev - the State Security Service of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

3rd place - Rustamova Gulmira - Customs Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

II. In the field of prose works among military personnel of the Armed Forces system, their families:

1st place - Rasul Kadamboyev, military serviceman of the Ministry of Emergency Situations;

2nd place - Dinora Khamzaeva, National Guard of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

3rd place - Munira Nazarova, Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan.