Bukhara operation
Bukhara operation was a campaign fought in 1920 at Bukhara, in what is now Uzbekistan. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Bukhara. It was part of the Russian Civil War, which ran from 1917 to 1922. The recorded result: Communist victory; Fall of the Emirate.
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Fought 1920
Where Bukhara, Uzbekistan 39.775N, 64.429E, placed at the location, approximate
Outcome Communist victory; Fall of the Emirate
Belligerents Russian SFSR; Young Bukharans against Emirate of Bukhara; Basmachi movement
Where it sits in the Russian Civil War Battle of Bakhmut, 1910 Civil War on the Don, 1917 Battle of Kyiv, 1918 Crimea Operation, 1918 Simbirsk Operation, 1918 Capture of Kazan by the White Army, 1918 Battle of Barnaul, 1918 Battle of Tulgas, 1918 Donbass-Don Operation, 1918 Steppe March, 1918 Battle for Mughan, 1918 Assault on Ekaterinodar, 1918 Ice March, 1918 Battle of Mechové hoře, 1918 Hundred Days of Battles, 1918 Battle of Lake Baikal, 1918 Kazan Operation, 1918 Battle of Saratovka and Antonovka, 1918 Kuban Offensive, 1918 Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919, 1918 Perm Operation, 1918 Northern Caucasus Operation, 1918 Counteroffensive of Southern Front, 1919 Kharkiv Operation, 1919 Battle of Kyiv (December 1919), 1919 Odessa Operation, 1919 January 1919 uprising in Kharkiv, 1919 Voronezh–Povorino Operation, 1919 Offensive of the North-Western Army in Autumn 1919, 1919 Battle of Akhmerovo, 1919 Battle of Kyiv, 1919 Battle of Dolakovo, 1919 Battle of Vystavka, 1919 Battle of Goyty, 1919 Spring offensive of the White Army, 1919 Evacuation of Odessa, 1919 Buguruslan Operation, 1919 Battle for the Donbass, 1919 Advance of the Northern Corps, 1919 Battle of Alexander Fort, 1919 Ufa Operation, 1919 Vyoshenskaya Uprising, 1919 1919 Soviet invasion of Ukraine, 1919 Counteroffensive of Eastern Front, 1919 Capture of Kiev by the White Army, 1919 Lbischensky Raid, 1919 Battle of Perehonivka, 1919 Battle of Petrograd, 1919 Battle of Orel, 1919 Voronezh–Kastornoye operation, 1919 Advance on Moscow (1919), 1919 Khopyor–Don Operation, 1919 Kharkiv Operation, 1919 Donbass Operation, 1919 Siege of Perekop, 1920 Rostov–Novocherkassk Operation, 1920 Northern Caucasus Operation, 1920 Battle of Şeragul and Kuitun, 1920 Enzeli Operation, 1920 Revolt of Czechoslovak Legion, 1920 Bukhara operation, 1920 Ulagay's Landing, 1920 Northern Taurida Operation, 1920 Battle of Kojori-Tabakhmela, 1921 Battle of Tbilisi, 1921 Battles of Kojori–Tabakhmela, 1921 Battle of Osiauri, 1921 Red Army invasion of Georgia, 1921 Battle of Volochayevka, 1922 1910 1922 Bukhara operation, 1920 73 placed engagements of the Russian Civil War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.
Record
Date 1920 (year precision) to 1920 Place Bukhara, Uzbekistan39.775N, 64.429E Kind Campaign, interwar and Second World War Territorial change Establishment of the Bukharan PSR Strength 6,000–7,000 bayonets; 2,300–2,690 sabres; 35 light guns; 5 heavy guns; 5 armored trains; 11 aircraft 8,725 bayonets; 7,580 sabres; 23 light guns; 27,000 irregulars Commanders Sayyid Mir Muhammad Alim Khan
Bukhara operation Bukhara operation Battle of Gol-Zarriun Siege of Bukhara (1220) Battle of Baykand Siege of Kamarja Battle of Baykand Siege of Kamarja Türkmenabat Qarshi Navoi 100 km 39.775N, 64.429E Placed at Bukhara; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.
Bukhara operation is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 41 in present-day Uzbekistan.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4100487 , released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Bukhara operation (1920) , revision 1370606719, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.