Khiva operation (1919-1920)

Khiva operation
Part of Basmachi movement
DateDecember 22-25, 1919-February 1, 1920
Location
Result

Soviet victory

Belligerents
Russian SFSR
Young Khivans
Basmachi movement
Cossacks
Commanders and leaders
Mikhail Frunze
Nikolay Shaidakov
Kosh-Mammed-khan
Gulam Ali
Junaid Khan
Strength
830 men Unknown

Siege of Khiva (1920), was a military engagement between the forces of Junaid Khan and the Soviets led by Mikhail Frunze and Nikolay Shaidakov. The soviet offensive resulted in a Soviet victory, leading to fall of the Khivan Khanate and creation of the Khorezm People's Soviet Republic.