Abstract
The First World War and the February and October political coups in Russia in 1917 radically changed the socio-political and administrative landscape of Central Asia, in particular the Turkestan region. The Bolshevik regime, which replaced the colonial administration of the Russian Empire, began to create a state apparatus in the region based on completely new class and ideological principles. The establishment of the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Turkestan ASSR) within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) in April 1918 marked a significant turning point in the history of the region.
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