Tashkent Rebellion (1917)

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Tashkent Rebellion
Part of Russian Civil War
Map of Tashkent and surrounding area, created c. 1916
Date September 1917 – 13 November 1917 [O.S. September 1917 – 31 October 1917] Location Tashkent, Russian Empire (now Uzbekistan) 41°18′40″N 69°16′47″E / 41.31111°N 69.27972°E / 41.31111; 69.27972 Result Far-left victory Tashkent falls under soviet control.
Belligerents
Far-left factions Socialist Revolutionaries Russian Social Democratic Labour Party Mensheviks Bolsheviks Bundists Anarchists	State Duma loyalists Moderate left factions Constitutional Democratic Party Russian Social Democratic Labour Party Russian Provisional Government Turkestan Committee
Commanders and leaders
I. I. Bel'kov G. I. Broido I. Tobolin	Aleksey Kuropatkin N. N. Shchepkin Vladimir Nalivkin I. N. Shendrikov  (POW) P. A. Korovichenko  (POW)
Casualties and losses
Unknown	About 300 arrested

The Tashkent Rebellion (September 1917 – 13 November 1917 [O.S. September 1917 – 31 October 1917]) was a 1917 conflict between revolutionary forces and loyalists of the Russian Provisional Government, which occurred in Tashkent, in what is now Uzbekistan. The events leading to the conflict began on 14 March 1917 [O.S. 1 March 1917], when local leader Aleksey Kuropatkin received word of the February Revolution. Rule shifted to various political parties in the city, and the Tashkent Soviet was created. As time progressed, Imperial officials were replaced, the soviet gained more power, and a regional soviet was created in addition to the existing council. The Russian Provisional Government began attempting to regain control in April, but the soviets tightly restricted its efforts. Many locals rallied in support of soviet power, and in September and October, conflict began between the parties, ending on 10 October [O.S. September 27].

In early November [O.S. late October], the Provisional Government fell, and loyalists attempted to disarm and imprison rebels, with partial success. The loyalists opened artillery fire on 13 November [O.S. 31 October], however a group under a white flag convinced them to cease fighting. Rebels captured the fortress that night, arresting all loyalist leaders and cadets residing there. In the aftermath, the soviet was represented entirely by Bolsheviks, in spite of their limited role in the rebellion itself. Some Muslims and Turkic peoples in the surrounding areas resisted soviet control, but the region would nonetheless become the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.