Battle of Dushanbe

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Battle of Dushanbe
Part of Russian Civil War
DateDecember 1921 — February 1922
Location
Result Basmachi victory
Territorial
changes
Dushanbe City captured by the Basmachi movement[1]
Belligerents
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Basmachi movement
Commanders and leaders
Unknown Enver Pasha
Ali-Riza
Daniyar-Bek
Strength
Unknown 15,000
Casualties and losses
100 [1] Heavy

The Battle of Dushanbe was a military conflict fought between the Basmachi movement against the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. The Basmachi movement conquered Dushanbe in 1922.[2][3][4][5]

Chronology[edit]

By the end of December 1921, Enver Pasha with Ali-Riza and Daniyar-Bek laid siege to Dushanbe. The garrison of the city withstood a two-month siege, but in February 1922 the defenders of the city surrendered and Dushanbe was taken.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Kara, İlyas (26 August 2002). Enver Paşa Basmacılar İsyanı. YEDİVEREN Publications. p. 128. ISBN 978-6058820364.
  2. ^ Iskandarov, Buhodor Iskandarovych (1986). Борьба за установление Советской власти в Таджикистане (1920-1922) [The struggle for the establishment of Soviet power in Tajikistan] (in Russian). Izd-vo "Donish". p. 93.
  3. ^ Irkaev, Mullo Irkaevich (1971). История гражданской войны в Таджикистане [History of the civil war in Tajikistan] (in Russian). Dushanbe: Издательство Ирфон.
  4. ^ a b Polyakov, Yuri Alexandrovich; Chugunov, Alexander Ivanovich (1976). Конец Басмачества [The end of Basmachism] (in Russian). Moscow: Наука. pp. 91–92.
  5. ^ Marsakova, K.P.; Abulkhaevich, Rakib Abulkhaevich (1972). Упрочение Советской власти в районах верховьев Зеравшана (1918-1923 гг.) [Strengthening Soviet power in the upper reaches of Zeravshan (1918-1923)] (in Russian). Dushanbe: Donish.

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