In the article the speech goes on about scientific works of Оrest Shkapsky in which questions of irrigated agriculture of Khiva khanate at the end
of the 19th - the beginnings of the 20th centuries were investigated. It is necessary to notice, that the farming culture of Khiva khanate of this period reached a high level of development thanks to peasants’ hard work. The author of the article acquaints readers with interesting materials about agriculture of Khiva khanate resulted by the researcher Shkapsky at the end of the 19th century.