Aminat Chokobayeva, a historian, on the Central Asian revolt of 1916 as the most crucial event in the history of Central Asia and Kazakhstan. The Russian Empire attempts to conscript the indigenous inhabitants of Turkestan for military service during World War I, the uprising and mouseholing of the nomads, and the reasons for the Tsarist government's failure despite the brutal suppression of the revolt.
THE REVOLT OF 1916
Conscription, bloodshed, and exile in turgay and semirech’e oblasts
09.07.2024