The Revolt of 1916 in Russian Central Asia

Foreword, by S. Frederick Starr
Preface
1 The Revolt of 1916
2 The Economic Background to the Revolt of 1916
A. Russian Economic Interests in Central Asia before the Conquest
B. Russian Economic Policy towards the Sarts
1. Land Policy
2. The Introduction of American Cotton
3. The Russians in Turkistan
C. Russian Economic Policy towards the Nomads
3 The Political Background to the Revolt of 1916
A. The Administration of the Country
B. The Political Situation up to 1898
C. The Andijan Uprising
D. The Political Situation after 1898
1. Enquiry of Count Palen
2. The Political Situation among the Sarts
3. The Political Situation among the Kazakhs and Kirghiz
4 The Revolt of 1916: First Phase
A. War Comes to Turkistan
B. The Reaction of the Natives to the War
C. The Supreme Command of June 25
D. Meeting of the Governors of the Central Asian Krai
E. The Revolt among the Sarts
F. The Appointment of General Kuropatkin as Governor-General
5 The Revolt of 1916: Second Phase
A. The Revolt of the Kirghiz and Kazakhs
1. The Announcement of the Supreme Order
2. The Revolt in the Steppe Oblasts
3. The Revolt in Semipalatinsk
4. The Revolt in Semirechie
5. The Flight of the Insurgents to China
B. The Revolt of the Turkomans
6 The End of the Revolt
A. Group Participation in the Revolt of 1916
1. The Well-to-Do Groups
2. The Poor
B. The Question of Foreign Influence
C. Measures Taken for the Securing of Peace in the Future
1. Military Measures
2. Administrative Measures
D. The Balance Sheet of Damage Suffered
E. The Dispatch of Workers to the Front
F. The Duma and the Revolt
7 The Revolt in Retrospect
A. The Early Soviet Interpretation of the Revolt
B. The Recent Soviet Interpretation
C. In Summing Up
Bibliography
Index