Enver Pasha's Campaign In Bukhara (1922)
Enver Pasha's campaign in Bukhara or Enver Pasha's Bukhara campaign was a series of military engagements between the Basmachi movement, led by Enver Pasha and Molla Abduk Kakhar, and Soviet forces led by Mikhail Frunze in former Emirate of Bukhara and Soviet Turkestan during April and May 1922. The campaign resulted in the Basmachi forces temporarily gaining control over much of Eastern and parts of Western Bukhara, challenging Soviet authority in the area. Despite initial successes, Soviet counteroffensives later that year continued to contest the region. The campaign formed part of the broader Basmachi Revolt against Soviet rule in Central Asia following the Russian Civil War. Background After Enver Pasha's successful siege in Dushanbe, Under Enver's leadership, the Basmachis regained control over much of Bukhara. Koyenikov, the official Soviet Russian representative in Bukhara, reported to the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs that "the Basmachi were growing ...
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Bukhara
Bukhara ( ) is the List of cities in Uzbekistan, seventh-largest city in Uzbekistan by population, with 280,187 residents . It is the capital of Bukhara Region. People have inhabited the region around Bukhara for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half that time. Located on the Silk Road, the city has long served as a center of trade, scholarship, culture, and religion. Bukhara served as the capital of the Khanate of Bukhara, Emirate of Bukhara and later Bukhara People’s Soviet Republic. It was the birthplace of the scholar Imam Bukhari. The city has been known as "Noble Bukhara" (''Bukhārā-ye sharīf''). Bukhara has about 140 architectural monuments. UNESCO has listed the historic center of Bukhara (which contains numerous mosques and madrasas) as a List of World Heritage Sites in Uzbekistan, World Heritage Site. Names The exact name of the city of Bukhara in ancient times is unknown. The whole Oasis of Bukhara, oasis was called Bukhara in ancient times, ...
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