A lack of professionals and machinery, mismanagement, and falling income levels — all contributed to this downfall.

While Angren was once an important industrial center, the collapse caused it to turn into a ghost town for a while.

During World War II, several settlements, namely, the villages of Jigariston, Jartepa, Teshiktosh, and Qoʻyxona grew up in the area.

On June 13, 1946, the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR issued a decree to create the City of Angren from these settlements.

[5] Therefore, in 1956 Angren was moved to a different area 7–8 km (4.3–5.0 mi) to the south-west of its original location.

[8] After the dissolution of the USSR, the majority of ethnic Russians and Tatars living in Angren left the city.

In the 1990s, almost all of the factories in the city were closed down as a result of a lack professionals, disruption of Soviet trade routes, ageing machinery, and mismanagement.

The population of the city declined in the 1990s because of poor living conditions, unemployment, and mass emigration.

However, the population has been increasing steadily for the past few years because of the migration of people from other regions of the country.

The city also has a large construction-materials industry, a rubber processing plant, and a power station.