The reasons and consequences of the call for rear work in 1916
The reasons and consequences of the appeal of the population of Turkestan for rear work in 1916 were analyzed. The huge losses of the army in the First World War forced the tsarist government to make an unprepared decision to mobilize the indigenous population. The attraction of additional mobilization resources in Turkestan was shifted to the area mainly with the nomadic population. Mobilization did not allow the population to harvest. By the beginning of World War I, Turkestan became the main producer of cotton for the needs of Russia. However, the mobilization of the indigenous population for rear work did not take into account the labor and family traditions of the region, which forced the majority of the population to oppose the colonial regime.