Khiva: uprisings, the Young Khivans and the end of the khanate
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Compare the events of 1917–1920 in Khiva and Bukhara in a table: attempt at reform, coup, new state.
Bukhara: 1917 decree and demonstration, 1920 Chorjuy uprising, BPSR. Khiva: 1917 manifest and Majlis, February 1920 coup, KPSR.
2
For how many years was Asfandiyorkhan on the throne from 1910 to 1918?
8
3
Why might different social groups have taken part in the Young Khivan movement? Give your view.
Because heavy taxes, drought and the khan’s oppression affected many groups. (Free answer.)
4
Write two internal and two external causes that led to the end of the Khanate of Khiva.
Internal: peasant uprisings, reversal of reforms. External: the Russian protectorate and the political changes of 1917–1920. (Free answer.)