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Артур Васильевич Гулян (Рильский) 1895—1927 год. · Public domain
Conflict

Basmachi Movement

1916 CE – 1934 CE · 18 years

Central Asian resistance fighters waged a guerrilla war against Soviet Bolshevik rule across Turkestan, continuing to fight for nearly two decades after the Russian Revolution.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Basmachi rebels (Central Asian resistance)
  • Soviet Union

Key moments

Defining events in the Basmachi Movement.

  1. 1918 Kokand uprising
  2. 1921-1922 Enver Pasha's campaign
  3. 1931 Ibrahim Bek's last stand

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