Who was killed leading the Basmachi Revolt against the Bolsheviks?
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Enver Pasha
Answer
Enver Pasha, the former Minister of War of the Ottoman Empire, was killed leading the Basmachi Revolt against the Bolsheviks in 1922. He had been exiled to Afghanistan after the Ottoman Empire's defeat in World War I, and he joined the Basmachi movement in 1919. The Basmachis were a group of Muslim rebels who opposed the Bolsheviks' rule in Central Asia.
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