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Timeline of Central Asian History in the Early Twentieth Century.

By Kallie Szczepanski, About.com

Outlines the Russian Revolution and Soviet control over Central Asia in the early twentieth century, as well as Central Asian resistance to the Russians.

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1905 Russian Revolution

1911 Qing Dynasty falls in China

1916 Basmachi Revolt against Russians explodes across Central Asia

1917 October Revolution in Russia, Bolsheviks take power

1919 Third Anglo-Afghan War; Russians ally with Afghans

1920 Bolsheviks retake Bukhara, Ashkabad and Khiva

1922 Enver Pasha killed, Basmachi Revolt fades

1923 Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) proclaims Republic of Turkey

1924-1927 Joseph Stalin draws borders of Uzbekistan, Kyrgzstan, Turkmenistan

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