Ubaydulla Hodzhayev and the Russian power in Turkestan. According to documents of the Turkestan regional security office
Ubaydulla Hodzhayev - an ambiguous and interesting figure in the history of Turkestan. For a short period, Hodzhayev made prompt career. The broad popularity came to it not to a wave of a revolt of 1916, and several months of existence of the Turkestan (Kokand) autonomy at the end of 1917 - the beginning of 1918 became top of career. What do we know about this person? On the one hand, there is its official biography, on the other hand considerable layer of archival documents of the Turkestan regional security office in which remained Hodzhayev appears at us the ardent pan-Islamist and even the speculator. As far as can, we trust an official hagiography and documents of secret police whether there is an opportunity to isolate reliable information? Below, we give the small selection of documents allowing to shed light on its relationship with the Russian power.