 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kuedza kupidigura hurumendekurwisana nehurumende yaGorbachev nevasingagutsikani vakaoma-mutsetse muMoscow, kwakaitika muna August 1991, kwakanga kuri chinhu chinokurudzira kufamba kworusununguko muSoviet Union yose. Pasinei zvapo nokuzengurira kwokutanga kweUzbekistan kushora kudengenyeka, Supreme Soviet yeUzbekistan yakazivisa kuti republic yakazvimirira pana August 31, 1991. Muna December 1991, referendamu yokuzvimirira yakapfuudzwa ne98.2 muzana yevhoti yakakurumbira. Mumwedzi iwoyo, paramende yakasarudzwa uye Karimov akasarudzwa kuva purezidhendi wokutanga werudzi rutsva. 