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Basmachi movement
Sign in to saveAlso known as Basmachestvo, Basmaçılıq, Basmashılar qozğalısı
decentralized decolonial movement which undertook a uprising against Russian Imperial and Soviet rule by the Muslim peoples of Central Asia (1916–1934)
Key facts
- Date
- Date 1916–1934
- Location
- Russian Turkestan
- Result
- Soviet-Afghan victory
- Territorial changes
- Turkestan incorporated into the Soviet Union
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Encyclopedic overview
Belligerents
Russian Republic (1917)
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