Central Asian revolt of 1916
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| - | The '''Basmachi movement''' ({{lang-ru|Басмачество}}, ''Basmachestvo'') or '''Basmachi Revolt''' was an uprising against [[Russian Empire|Russian Imperial]] and [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] rule by the Muslim peoples of [[Central Asia]]. | + | The '''Central Asian revolt of 1916''', also known as the '''Semirechye Revolt''' was an [[anti-Russian]] uprising by the [[Muslim]] inhabitants of [[Russian Turkestan]] sparked by the conscription of Muslims into the Russian military for service on the [[Eastern Front (World War I)|Eastern Front during World War I]]. The rampant corruption of the Russian colonial regime and Tsarist colonialism in all its economic, political, religious, and national dimensions are all seen as the contributing causes. |
| - | The movement's roots lay in the [[Central Asian revolt of 1916|anti-conscription violence of 1916]] that erupted when the Russian Empire began to draft Muslims for army service during [[World War I]]. In the months following the [[October Revolution|October 1917 Revolution]] the [[Bolsheviks]] seized power in many parts of the Russian Empire and the [[Russian Civil War]] began. Turkestani Muslim political movements attempted to form an autonomous government in the city of [[Kokand]], in the [[Fergana Valley]]. The Bolsheviks launched an assault on Kokand in February 1918 and carried out a general massacre of up to 25,000 people. The massacre rallied support to the Basmachi movements who waged a [[Guerrilla warfare|guerrilla]] and conventional war that seized control of large parts of the Fergana Valley and much of [[Turkestan]]. | + | |
| - | The fortunes of the decentralized movement fluctuated throughout the early 1920s but by 1923 the Red Army's extensive campaigns had dealt the Basmachis many defeats. After major [[Red Army]] campaigns and concessions regarding economic and [[Islam]]ic practices in the mid-1920s, the military fortunes and popular support of the Basmachi declined. Resistance to Russian rule and Soviet leadership did flare up again, to a lesser extent, in response to [[Collectivization in the Soviet Union|collectivization campaigns]] in the pre-[[WWII]] era. | ||
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| - | * [[Urkun]] | + | * [[Wanpaoshan Incident]] |
| + | * [[Basmachi movement]] | ||
| + | * [[Sepoy Mutiny]] | ||
| + | * [[Dungan Revolt (1862–1877)|Dungan Revolt]] | ||
| + | * [[Pacification of Libya]] | ||
| + | * [[Western imperialism in Asia]] | ||
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The Central Asian revolt of 1916, also known as the Semirechye Revolt was an anti-Russian uprising by the Muslim inhabitants of Russian Turkestan sparked by the conscription of Muslims into the Russian military for service on the Eastern Front during World War I. The rampant corruption of the Russian colonial regime and Tsarist colonialism in all its economic, political, religious, and national dimensions are all seen as the contributing causes.
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See also
- Wanpaoshan Incident
- Basmachi movement
- Sepoy Mutiny
- Dungan Revolt
- Pacification of Libya
- Western imperialism in Asia
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