About the book: 1976 / The book tells about the heroic struggle of the working people of Central Asia against Basmachism. The authors show the courage and resilience of the working people, the military valor of the fighters and commanders, their dedication and devotion to the ideas of the revolution, emphasize that the defeat of the Basmachi was a clear demonstration of the triumph of Lenin’s national policy, and contributed to the further strengthening of the brotherhood and friendship of the peoples of the Soviet Union. The book uses both published and unpublished materials from the Museum of Border Troops and a number of archives. Yu. A. Polyakov is a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, the author of a number of works on the history of the October Revolution, the civil war and socialist construction. He is the author of the monographs “Moscow Workers in the Defense of the Soviet Capital” (M., 1958), “The Eighteenth Combat Year” (M., 1958), “From Battle to Labor, from Labor to Attacks” (M., 1961), “ The transition to NEP and the Soviet peasantry" (Moscow, 1967), "1921 - victory over hunger" (Moscow, 1975), etc. A. I. Chugunov - Doctor of Historical Sciences, author of the books “Bodies of Socialist Control of the RSFSR 1923–1934.” (M., 1972), “The Formation and Development of Socialist Control” (M., 1974), “About those who met the war on the border” (M., 1975), etc., one of the compilers of the co-authors of the documents “Border Troops of the USSR "(vols. 1–5), published 1968–1975.