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Soviet Uzbekistan's Sovietization: The Red Terror in Bukhara
In this episode of The Story of Uzbekistan, we turn the lens away from the ancient Silk Road and into the violent birth pangs of modern Central Asia. We explore the collapse of the Emirate of Bukhara in 1920 and the subsequent rise of the Basmachi movement, a complex anti-Soviet insurgency that defied simple categorization as merely religious or feudal. Lucas walks us through the role of Faizullah Khojaev and the Jadid intellectuals who initially welcomed the Bolsheviks, only to find themselves targeted by the very revolution they helped spark. Luna joins him to unpack the brutal realities of…
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