Kolesov's Campaign

Kolesov's Campaign
Part of the Bukhara Revolution and Basmachi movement
DateMarch 1918
Location
Emirate of Bukhara, Turkestan Soviet Federative Republic
Result Victory of the Bukhara Emirate
Kizyl–Tepe Agreement
Belligerents
 RSFSR
Young Bukharans		 Emirate of Bukhara Emirate of Bukhara
Basmachi movement
Commanders and leaders
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Fyodor Kolesov
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Kishishev
Fayzulla Xoʻjayev		 Emirate of Bukhara Emir Muhammad Alim Khan
Strength
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic 6,000
~2,000		 Emirate of Bukhara 10,000+

The Kolesov's Campaign was an unsuccessful attempt to seize power in the Emirate of Bukhara by the Russian Bolsheviks and Young Bukharans during the Russian Civil War (March 1918).[1]

  1. ^ On Some Reasons for the Emergence of the Basmach Movement in Turkestan in 1918–1923. Bulletin of the Tomsk State University. History. 2018. No. 53