The bukharan emirate and turkestan under russian rule in the revolutionary era: 1917-1924

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In February 1919, the Red Army attacked Turkmen troops and no popular uprising 
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General Lionel Charles Dunsterville was a British general who led the mission of Dunsterforce 
which aimed to occupy oil fields in Baku and the Caucasus. 
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Sir Wilfrid Malleson was a major general in British army who led the mission of Malleson which 
aimed to prevent German-Turkish influence in British controlled regions, and to back the 
Transcaspian Government in Ashkhabad against Tashkent Soviet. 
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Allworth, Edward et al., 
Central Asia: A Century of Russian Rule
, ed. Edward Allworth, (New 
York: Columbia University Press, 1967), 230-231. 
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Becker, Seymour, 
Russia’s Protectorates in Central Asia: Bukhara and Khiva, 1865–1924
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(London &New York: Routledge Curzon, 2005), 215. 
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Coates, Zelda K. and W.P.,
 Soviets in Central Asia,
(New York: Greenwood Press, Publishers, 
1951), 75. 

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supported Transcaspia forces. British army under Gen. Malleson withdrew instead of 
resisting the Red forces. 
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The Jadids were divided into two fractions after the October Revolution and 
the consolidation of the Soviet power in the region. For instance, the former Jadids, 
which were converted to communism, were members of the Bukharan Communist 
Party. For example, Sadriddin Aini and Abd al Vahid Burkhanov, famous former 
Jadids, directed the party newspaper. The Young Bukharans, led by Fayzallah 
Khodzhaev, radical Jadid, tried every way to seem friendly to the Bolsheviks.
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The 
BCP and Young Bukharans were hostile to each other. Especially, the BCP was 
disturbed about the Russian support to Young Bukharans. But, the Bolsheviks were 
in cooperation with Young Bukharans since it was beneficial and helpful for Russian 
interests in the short run. Young Bukharans’ liberal nationalist and progressive vision 
and their struggle against the despotic monarchy and feudal groups made them more 
acceptable and cooperative rather than the BCP. In addition, Young Bukharans were 
more acceptable to Bukharan population. Their experiences and skills, they had 
obtained for a long term, were more useful for Russia to cooperate.
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Young 
Bukharans were more suitable to respond to the needs of the patriarchal and clerical 
society because of their pro national and cultural sides. They gave the image of 
bourgeoisie nationalists and liberals rather than direct communists, and this image 
was important for the society that had been used to traditional, religious and 
patriarchal institutions for centuries. 
202
Allworth, Edward et al., 
Central Asia: A Century of Russian Rule
, ed. Edward Allworth, (New 
York: Columbia University Press, 1967), 231. 
203
Becker, Seymour, 
Russia’s Protectorates in Central Asia: Bukhara and Khiva, 1865–1924
, 
(London &New York: Routledge Curzon, 2005), 228. 
204
Becker, Seymour, 
Russia’s Protectorates in Central Asia: Bukhara and Khiva, 1865–1924
, 
(London &New York: Routledge Curzon, 2005), 228. 

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After the October Revolution and consolidation of Soviet power, the feudal 
aristocratic rulers in Transoxiana began getting hurried due to the declarations and 
statements of Soviet rulers in Moscow regarding the region. Lenin was against the 
colonial status of Bukhara and Khiva; and he insisted on freeing all the nations. In 
his speech at the Seventh Party Conference, he said “We are for a fraternal union of 
all peoples…We certainly do not want the peasant in Khiva to live under the khan of 
Khiva. By developing out revolution we shall influence the oppressed masses.”
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Lenin’s policy in brief was deposal of Emir Alim and Khan Isfendiyar. The 
statements of the Soviet leaders in terms of the rights and freedoms of workers and 
peasants, establishments of republics, federation with Soviet Russia caused the rulers 
of Bukhara and Khiva to take a stand against the October Revolution. Soviet regime 
was relatively different from the benign suzerain Romanov dynasty and the weak 
regime of Provisional Government. Soviet regime seriously posed a threat for Alim 
and Isfendiyar