Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yeRussian Civil War, Areka yakakuvadzwa zvakanyanya nemauto eRed Army pasi pekutungamira kwaMikhail Frunze panguva ye1920 Hondo yeBukhara
. Frunze akarayira kuti Areka iputirwe nebhomba nendege, izvo zvakasiya chikamu chikuru chechivako chacho chiri matongo. Panewo chikonzero chokudavira kuti Emir wokupedzisira, Mohammed Alim Khan (1880<unk>1944), uyo akatizira kuAfghanistan nehomwe youmambo, akarayira kuti Areka iputirwe kuitira kuti nzvimbo dzayo dzakavanzika (kunyanya dzimba dzevakadzi) dzisakwanisa kusvibiswa nevaBolshevik.