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Battles for Dushanbe

Battles for Dushanbe was a battle fought in 1921 at Dushanbe, in what is now Tajikistan; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Dushanbe. It was part of Q129254747. The recorded result: Bolshevik victory.

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Fought1921ran into the following year
WhereDushanbe, Tajikistan38.573N, 68.786E, placed at the location, approximate
OutcomeBolshevik victory
BelligerentsRussian SFSR; Soviet BukharaagainstBasmachi Movement
Part ofQ129254747

Record

Date1921 (year precision)
to 1922
PlaceDushanbe, Tajikistan
38.573N, 68.786E
KindBattle, interwar and Second World War
Territorial changeDushanbe and multiple villages around the city captured by the Red Army
Commanders
  • Yakov Melkumov
  • Nikolai Kakurin
Battles for DushanbeBattles for DushanbeSiege of KitabBattle of the DefileSiege of SamarkandSiege of SamarkandSiege of KitabBattle of the DefileSiege of SamarkandKulobKuybyshevskiyQurghonteppaDenowUrgutLeninobod100 km38.573N, 68.786E
Placed at Dushanbe; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

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Elsewhere in 1921

Battles for Dushanbe is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 12 in present-day Tajikistan.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q126708834, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battles for Dushanbe (1922), revision 1382399285, read 2026-11-14, 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.