The Alash Orda can no longer trust the White Movement, but they burnt their bridges with the Bolsheviks back in 1918. As the Red Armies sweep the White Army out of Siberia, the Alash Orda have to repair their relationship with the Bolsheviks or become powerless and irrelevant. But why should the Bolsheviks accept the overtures of their former enemy?
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References
Central Asia: a New History from the Imperial Conquests to the Present by Adeeb Khalid
Kazakh Autonomy and Russia: the History of the Alash Movement by Dina A. Amanzholova
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Kazakh Autonomy and Russia: the History of the Alash Movement by Dina A. Amanzholova