The Basmachi are facing famine, growing Red Army forces, and an uneasy alliance between the Bolsheviks and modernizing Muslim reformers. It’s time to organize or die.
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“The Basmachi or Freemen’s Revolt in Turkestan 1918-1924 by Martha B. Olcott
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