Battle of Dushanbe

The Battle of Dushanbe was a military conflict fought between the Basmachi movement against the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. The Basmachi movement conquered Dushanbe in 1922.[1][2][3][4]

Battle of Dushanbe
Part of Russian Civil War
DateDecember 1921 — February 1922
Location
Dushanbe, Bukharan People's Soviet Republic, modern day Tajikistan
Result Basmachi victory
Belligerents
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Basmachi movement
Commanders and leaders
Unkown Enver Pasha
Ali-Riza
Daniyar-Bek
Strength
Unkown 15,000
Casualties and losses
Heavy Heavy

Chronology

By the end of December 1921, Enver Pasha with Ali-Riza and Daniyar-Bek laid siege to Dushanbe. The garrison of the city withstood a two-month siege, but in February 1922 the defenders of the city surrendered and Dushanbe was taken.[3]

References
  1. Iskandarov, Buhodor Iskandarovych (1986). Борьба за установление Советской власти в Таджикистане (1920-1922) [The struggle for the establishment of Soviet power in Tajikistan] (in Russian). Izd-vo "Donish". p. 93.
  2. Irkaev, Mullo Irkaevich (1971). История гражданской войны в Таджикистане [History of the civil war in Tajikistan] (in Russian). Dushanbe: Издательство Ирфон.
  3. Polyakov, Yuri Alexandrovich; Chugunov, Alexander Ivanovich (1976). Конец Басмачества [The end of Basmachism] (in Russian). Moscow: Наука. pp. 91–92.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  4. Marsakova, K.P.; Abulkhaevich, Rakib Abulkhaevich (1972). Упрочение Советской власти в районах верховьев Зеравшана (1918-1923 гг.) [Strengthening Soviet power in the upper reaches of Zeravshan (1918-1923)] (in Russian). Dushanbe: Donish.
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