Young Bukharians was a jadid

Jadid

The Jadids were Muslim modernist reformers within the Russian Empire in the late 19th and early 20th century. They normally referred to themselves by the Turkic terms Taraqqiparvarlar , Ziyalilar , or simply Yäşlär/Yoshlar...

 secret society founded in Bukhara

Bukhara

Bukhara , from the Soghdian βuxārak , is the capital of the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan. The nation's fifth-largest city, it has a population of 263,400 . The region around Bukhara has been inhabited for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half that time...

 in 1909.

They took their name from the Young Turks

Young Turks

The Young Turks , from French: Les Jeunes Turcs) were a coalition of various groups favouring reformation of the administration of the Ottoman Empire. The movement was against the absolute monarchy of the Ottoman Sultan and favoured a re-installation of the short-lived Kanûn-ı Esâsî constitution...

, mixing their ideology with a violently revolutionary emphasis. In March 1918 they tried to seize power in Bukhara, with help from the Tashkent Soviet

Tashkent Soviet

The Tashkent Soviet was a public organisation set up in Tashkent during the Russian Revolution.The Tashkent Soviet was established on 2 March 1917 at an inaugural meeting which consisted of thirty five workers from the Central Asian Railway. It was headed by a technician by the name of I. I. Bel'kov...

, and the Young Bukharians had to flee from the Emir, Mohammed Alim Khan

Mohammed Alim Khan

Emir Said Mir Mohammed Alim Khan was the last emir of the Manghit dynasty, the last ruling dynasty of the Emirate of Bukhara in Central Asia...

 to Tashkent. They returned in May 1920, and this time were successful: the Red Army

Red Army

The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...

 took Bukhara and the Young Bukharians formed the first government of the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic

Bukharan People's Soviet Republic

The Bukharan People's Soviet Republic was a short-lived Soviet state which governed the former Emirate of Bukhara during the period immediately following the Russian Revolution from 1920-1925. In 1924 its name was changed to the Bukharan Soviet Socialist Republic...

. In 1923 most of the group joined the Communist Party of Uzbekistan

Communist Party of Uzbekistan

The Communist Party of Uzbekistan, initially known as Communist Party of Uzbekistan, was the ruling communist party of the Uzbek SSR, and a part of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union....

, retaining leadership positions until the purges of 1936-1937.

Prominent members

• Abdurrauf Fitrat
  Abdurrauf Fitrat
  Abdurrauf Fitrat was the most prominent modernist figure in Russian Central Asia.Fitrat was born in Bukhara. In 1909 he went to Istanbul to study literature and history....
  
  
• Abdul Kadir Mukhitdinov
• Faizullah Khojaev
  Faizullah Khojaev
  Fayzulla Ubaydullayevich Khodzhayev was an Uzbek politician.Khodzhayev was born in to a family of wealthy traders. He was sent to Moscow by his father in 1907...
  
  , President of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, (17 February 1925 - 17 June 1937)
• Akmal Ikramovich Ikramov, First secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan (December 1929 - 21 September 1937)
• Mahmud Behbudi
• Münevver Kari