The Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Uzbek: Ўзбекистон Совет Социалистик Республикаси O`zbekiston Sovet Sotsialistik Respublikasi; Russian: Узбекская Советская Социалистическая Республика Uzbekskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika), also known as the Uzbek SSR for short, was one of the republics of the Soviet Union since its creation in 1924. In the end of 1991, the Uzbek SSR became independent and was renamed the Republic of Uzbekistan.

In 1924, the borders of political units in Central Asia were changed along ethnic lines determined by Lenin’s Commissar for Nationalities, Joseph Stalin. The Turkestan ASSR, the Bukharan People's Republic, and the Khorezm People's Republic were abolished and their territories were divided into eventually five separate Soviet Socialist Republics, one of which was the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Uzbek SSR), created on 27 October 1924. The next year the Uzbek SSR became one of the republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union).

Abdulla Oripov (Uzbek: Abdulla Oripov, Абдулла Орипов) is an Uzbek poet, translator. He was a member of the Supreme Assembly of Uzbekistan. Oripov became a National Poet of the Uzbek SSR in 1989. He is currently the head of the Writers’ Union of Uzbekistan. Oripov wrote the lyrics for the National Anthem of the Republic of Uzbekistan. In addition to writing his own poetry, Abdulla Oripov has translated the works of many famous foreign poets, such as Alexander Pushkin, Dante Alighieri, Nizami Ganjavi, and Taras Shevchenko into the Uzbek language. Oripov has been a member of the Senate of Uzbekistan since 2005. In 1998, he was awarded the title Hero of Uzbekistan, the highest honorary title that can be bestowed on a citizen by Uzbekistan.

Abdulla Oripov was born on 21 March, 1941 in the Village of Nekuz in Kashkadarya, then the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1958, Oripov graduated from high school with honors. He graduated from Tashkent State University with a degree in journalism in 1963. Oripov is married and has five children: four daughters and a son.