“…For this literature see: (Boeck, 1998;Bennigsen, 1983;Werth, 2006;Saparov, 2010;Gokay, 1998;Reynolds, 2018;Golovin, 2011;Murzaev, 2007) Times, June 5, 1919: 13) The 1917 revolution, thus, was seen as an opportunity to reach independence. These people sought to establish an ethnic, linguistic or religious union and to rearrange their borders in cases where injustice was believed to be at stake.…”