Turkestan Military Organization
The Turkestan Military Organization was an anti–Bolshevik military underground organization created in February 1918 in the Turkestan Territory of the Russian Empire, with its center in the city of Tashkent, a group of former officers of the Tsarist Army and a number of representatives of the Russian intelligentsia and officials of the former administration of the Territory with the aim of overthrowing Soviet Power in the province.
| Turkestan Military Organization | |
|---|---|
| Foundation | February 1918 |
| Dissolved | January 1919 |
| Active regions | Syrdarya, Fergana and Samarkand Oblasts of the Turkestan Territory of the Russian Empire |
| Ideology | Anti–Bolshevism |
| Battles and wars | Russian Civil War: Osipov Revolt |
By the beginning of August 1918, the organization was renamed the Turkestan Union for the Struggle Against Bolshevism.
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