The Young Bukharans ( fa, جوان‌بخارائیان; uz, Yosh buxoroliklar) or Mladobukharans were a secret society founded in Bukhara in 1909, which was part of the jadidist movement seeking to reform and modernize Central Asia along Western-scientific lines. In March 1918 they tried to seize power in Bukhara, with help from the Tashkent Soviet, and the Young Bukharans had to flee from the Emir, Mohammed Alim Khan to Tashkent. They returned in May 1920, and this time were successful: the Red Army took Bukhara and the Young Bukharans formed the first government of the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic. Most of the members Great Purge, purged during 1936–1938. Young Khivans and Young Bukharans inspired the Kashgar 1933 ''Association of Independence''.

Prominent members

*Abdurauf Fitrat, Abdurrauf Fitrat *Abdul Kadir Mukhitdinov *Fayzulla Khodzhayev, Faizullah Khojaev *Osman Kocaoğlu *Akmal Ikramov *Mahmudkhodja Behbudiy *Munawwar Qari Abdurrashidkhan ogli, Munawwar Qari

References

*''Muslim National Communism in the Soviet Union: A Revolutionary Strategy for the Colonial World'' by Alexandre A. Bennigsen and S.Enders Wimbush, University of Chicago Press, 1980 *Russia's Protectorates in Central Asia: Bukhara and Khiva, 1865-1924 by Seymour Becker Islam in Russia Islam in the Soviet Union Secret societies Emirate of Bukhara Uzbek revolutionaries Political parties established in 1909 Political parties of minorities in Imperial Russia Political parties of the Russian Revolution Bukharan People's Soviet Republic {{Uzbekistan-party-stub

Prominent members

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