White Sun of the Desert
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White Sun of the Desert is a 1970 Soviet Ostern film.
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A timepiece portraying the scene from the film when Sukhov sees Sayid buried in sand
A monument to Vereshchagin
Sukhov supposedly uses a Lewis gun (bottom), though in some scenes it is replaced by a Russian DT gun with an attached dummy cooling shroud. Abdullah's gang members carry rifles similar to the one shown on top.
Basmachi movement
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The Basmachi movement was an uprising against Imperial Russian and Soviet rule in Central Asia. It has been called "probably the most important movement of opposition to Soviet rule in Central Asia".
White Sun of the Desert
…rescue in sticky situations throughout the movie. While traveling together they are caught up in a desert fight between a Red Army cavalry unit and Basmachi guerrillas. The cavalry unit commander, Rakhimov, leaves to Sukhov's temporary protection the harem of the Basmachi leader Abdullah, left behind by him. Rakhimov…
Bukhara burning under siege by Red Army troops during the Bukhara operation, 1 September 1920
The Tashkent Soviet's building in 1917
Sayeed Alim Khan of Bukhara (1880–1944), the last Uzbek monarch
Turkestan front, 1922