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The Jadid Movement's Last Stand: The 1918 Russian Siege of Bukhara
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore a defining but often overlooked episode of Central Asian history: the Russian Red Army's siege of Bukhara in 1918. Fresh from the Bolshevik revolution in St. Petersburg, the young Soviet state faced a formidable obstacle in the ancient Emirate of Bukhara, a bastion of Islamic tradition and the last independent power in Turkestan. Listen as they trace the rise of the last Emir, Alim Khan, his fraught relationship with the Jadid reform movement, and the secret negotiations between Bolshevik commissars and Young Bukharan revolutionaries. We dive into…
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