Bukhara operation (1920)

Bukhara Operation
Part of the Russian Civil War
Map of the Bukhara Operation (in Russian).
Date 28 August – 2 September 1920 Location Bukhara, Emirate of Bukhara (now Uzbekistan) Result Communist victory Fall of the Emirate Territorial changes Establishment of the Bukharan PSR.
Belligerents
Russian SFSR Young Bukharans	Emirate of Bukhara Basmachi movement
Commanders and leaders
Mikhail Frunze	Emir Muhammad Alim Khan (political leader)
Strength
6,000-7,000 bayonets 2,300-2,690 sabres 35 light guns 5 heavy guns 5 armored trains 11 aircraft	8,725 bayonets 7,580 sabres 23 light guns 27,000 irregulars

The Bukhara operation (1920), was a military conflict fought between the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Young Bukharans against the Emirate of Bukhara. The war lasted between 28 August and 2 September 1920, ending in the defeat of the Emirate of Bukhara, which was instead replaced by the RSFSR-controlled Bukharan People's Soviet Republic.