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Location: Portsmouth Hampshire United Kingdom

After the Russian Revolution of 1917, the …

Years: 1912 - 1923

After the Russian Revolution of 1917, the victorious Bolsheviks reorganize Muslim Central Asia into national Soviet republics.

Muslims convoke a National Congress in Kokand and establish an autonomous government under Mustafa Chokayev, which is liquidated in February 1918 by Red Army forces sent from Tashkent.

This action provokes a prolonged resistance movement known as the Basmachi (Qorbashi) Revolt.