Siege of Dushanbe (1922)
| Siege of Dushanbe (1922) | |||||||||
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| Part of Russian Civil War, Enver Pasha's Rebellion, the Basmachi movement, and the Battles for Dushanbe (1922) | |||||||||
Areas effected by the Basmachi rebellion in green | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Basmachi Movement |
Russian SFSR Soviet Bukhara | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Enver Pasha | Unknown Soviet commander † | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| ~1,500 Basmachi rebels | 1,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Light | Heavy | ||||||||
The siege of Dushanbe took place in February 1922 during the Basmachi rebellion, an anti-Soviet uprising in Central Asia. The town of Dushanbe was captured by Basmachi forces under the command of Enver Pasha, a former Ottoman military leader who had aligned himself with the Basmachi rebels. The Soviet garrison was overwhelmed after a brief siege, and the Basmachi forces gained control of the town, marking a significant moment in the rebellion.