What the records say
- When
- Feb 1917
- Kind
- Rebellion
- Coordinates
- 45.30° N, 63.90° E
- Description
- Muslim revolt against Russian conscription in WWI
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Central Asian revolt of 1916
Muslim revolt against Russian conscription in World War I
The Central Asian revolt of 1916, also known as the Semirechye Revolt and as Urkun in Kyrgyzstan, was an anti-Russian uprising by the indigenous inhabitants of Russian Turkestan sparked by the conscription of Muslims into the Russian military for service on the Eastern Front during World War I.
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