Basmachi Movement
21 entries in the Basmachi Movement compendium.
Afghan Civil War (1928–1929)A civil war that toppled Amanullah and brought Nadir Shah to power.Ibrahim BekUzbek Basmachi leader who fought against the Red Army in Central Asia.Bukhara operation (1920)1920 Soviet-Young Bukharan victory over the Emirate of Bukhara.Bukharan RevolutionRevolution ending the Emirate of Bukhara and establishing Soviet rule.ChorbajiOttoman Janissary rank and title for rural elites in the empire.Battles for Dushanbe (1922)Siege and recapture of Dushanbe during the Basmachi Revolt.Siege of DushanbeBasmachi forces under Enver Pasha captured Dushanbe in 1922.Enver Pasha's RebellionA Basmachi uprising led by former Ottoman minister Enver Pasha.Peasant Army of FerganaAnti-Bolshevist peasant army in the Fergana Valley.Nikolai KakurinRussian and Soviet military commander and military theorist.Habibullah KalakaniEmir of Afghanistan for nine months in 1929.Siege of Khiva (1924)Basmachi siege of Khiva from January to August 1924.Khivan RevolutionThe 1917–1924 upheaval ending the Khiva Khanate and creating a Soviet republic.Kolesov's CampaignFailed Bolshevik–Young Bukharan attempt to overthrow the Emir of Bukhara in March 1918.KorşirmatKorshirmat led Basmachi forces and later headed an Abwehr-backed organization.Yakov MelkumovSoviet commander who fought the Basmachi on the Turkestan Front.Siege of Petro-Aleksandrovsk (1918)Unsuccessful Khivan siege of Bolshevik-held Petro-Alexandrovsk in 1918.Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1929)Soviet special operation to restore Amanullah Khan in 1929.Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1930)Soviet cavalry brigade crossed into Afghanistan to destroy Basmachi bases.Young KhivansJadidist reformers who briefly ruled Khorezm.Yusif Ziya TalibzadehAzerbaijani educator, soldier, and Basmachi fighter.
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