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The Khivan Revolution refers to the events of 1917–1924, which led to the elimination of the Khanate of Khiva in 1920, the formation of the Khorezm People's Soviet Republic, the intervention of the Red Army, the mass armed resistance of the population (see Basmachi) and its suppression, the inclusion of the republic into the Soviet Union on 27 October 1924, as a separate union republic, the ...
The Khanate of Khiva (Chagatay: خیوه خانلیگی, romanized: Khivâ Khânligi, Persian: خانات خیوه, romanized: Khânât-e Khiveh, Uzbek: Xiva xonligi, Хива хонлиги, Turkmen: Hywa hanlygy, Russian: Хивинское ханство, romanized: Khivinskoye khanstvo) was a Central Asian polity [8] that existed in the historical region of Khwarazm from 1511 to 1920 ...
Khiva remained a Russian protectorate until the revolution. The Yomud campaign: While negotiating with the Khan, Kaufmann attacked the Yomud Turkomans who lived on the southwest side of the oasis. According to MacGahan, [ 5 ] Kaufmann demanded an impossibly large tax and when the Yomuds fled he sent soldiers after them with a great deal of ...
After the initial shockwaves of the Russian revolution reached Central Asia, the local khans rebelled against their ruling governments. This was met by fierce resistance in both Khiva [4] and Bukhara. [3] These revolutions sparked a greater revolution resulting in the creations of other revolutionary governments such as the Alash Autonomy and ...
After the conquest of Khiva by the Turkmen feudal lord Junaid Khan in January 1918, representatives of the Young Khivan movement led the fight against him and from December 1919, together with the Soviet troops, opposed his troops.
He also warned Shaidakov not to interfere in Khivan affairs. Junaid Khan realised that this nearby Bolshevik garrison posed a constant threat to his position. But he felt that it was too dangerous to attack the garrison at Petro-Aleksandrovsk in September, because Russian reinforcements could be quickly despatched by steamer from Charjou.
The Khivan campaign of 1839–1840 was a failed Russian attempt to conquer the Khanate of Khiva. Vasily Perovsky set out from Orenburg with 5,000 men, met an unusually cold winter, lost most of his camels, and was forced to turn back after going halfway. Russians attacked Khiva four times. Around 1602, some free Cossacks made three raids on Khiva.
Khorezm Socialist Soviet Republic. The Khorezm People's Soviet Republic [a] was the state created as the successor to the Khanate of Khiva in February 1920, when the Khan abdicated in response to pressure.