About the book: 1958 / This book is about the fight against the Basmachism in the dashing 20s of the last century, when the Turkish General Enverbey was a protege of the British with the support of local counter-revolutionary forces tried to create the state of Turan on the site of present-day Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, uniting in it the entire Muslim population of Central Asia. But the young Bukhara People's Republic, which overthrew the emir, rose up against the failed dictator. With the support of the Red Army, in fierce battles the Basmachi were defeated and driven back to Afghanistan and Iran..