Answer:
The
Bolsheviks controlled most of the former Russian empire by January 1920. People
in Central Asia responded positively and with enthusiasm to the February
Revolution of 1917 because the revolution freed them from the oppression of the
Tsar's regime and strengthened their hopes for autonomy. But they responded with
fear to the October Revolution of 1917, because the autocracy of the Tsar was
replaced by the autocracy of Bolsheviks.
In Khiva in central Asia, Bolshevik colonists brutally massacred local
nationalists in the name of defending socialism. In this situation, people in
central Asia were confused about the real nature of the Bolshevik Government.
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