The armed movement against Soviet power
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
List four causes of the movement.
Requisitioning and removal of grain, restrictions on religion, forced labour, looting and violence by Red Army soldiers.
2
Describe Madaminbek’s activity in 4–5 sentences (area, 1919, government, fate).
Began the struggle in Margilan; in autumn 1919 took Jalalabad and Osh; formed a government on 12 October; signed a reconciliation on 6 March 1920 and was killed in May.
3
How old was Kichik Ergash (1885–1918) at death?
33
4
Explain the word qo‘rboshi and why it became the title of the movement’s leaders.
Originally the head of an arms store, later a local police chief; then it came to mean the leader of an armed detachment.
5
In three sentences explain why one should be careful when using the term “basmachi”.
It reflects the Soviet authorities’ judgement and presents participants as bandits; in an impartial analysis sources from both sides are compared.