aug 20, 1916 - Situation on 20 August
Description:
Captain Zheleznyakov telegraphed on 7 August (20 August NS) that the whole of Semirech’e had been seized by the uprising. The insurgents were deliberately destroying the telephone poles of the Russians; the line to Tashkent was already destroyed. Collapsing p134Added to timeline:
Date:
aug 20, 1916
Now
~ 109 years ago