Abstract:

Russia occupied and annexed Turkestan after the second half of the 19th century. Then it made administrative, social and economic arrangements to exploit the region for his own imperial interests. As a result of the regulations made, the underground and aboveground resources of the region were exploited by the Russians for about fifty years. As a result of later political developments, especially during World War I, the tsarism needed new human resources. In order to meet this need, the tsarism issued an edict on June 25, 1916 to recruit those who were exempted from military service before this date. With the decree in question, Tsarist Russia, which wanted to employ the non-Russian inhabitants of Turkestan in fortification works in the army, enabled the exploitation to be directed towards human resources. This latest development led to the rebellion that first started in Samarkand and then spread to the whole region. In our study, we will consider the developments that took place during the revolt in Samarkand province, where the first blood was shed in the 1916 Turkistan uprising, based on Russian archive documents and related literature.

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