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The Khan’s Last Stand: The Fall of Khiva and Soviet Power
We trace the violent end of the Khanate of Khiva in February 1920, when Red Army troops under Mikhail Frunze breached the ancient walls of Ichan Kala. This episode explores how the collapse of Muhammad Rahim Khan II’s rule created a power vacuum that Stalin’s regime exploited to redraw Central Asia’s borders. We examine the role of the Jadid reformers who initially hoped for independence but were swiftly absorbed into the Soviet apparatus, and how the creation of the Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast was designed not to grant self-determination, but to fragment local resistance. Through the eyes…
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