 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1914, Akhunbabaev akadzokera kuMargilan uye akabatana neanopesana neRussia uye anti-monarchist mafambiro munzvimbo iyi. Gare gare akabatanidzwa mukumukira kweCentral Asia kwa1916. Somugumisiro, akasungwa neOkhrana, iyo yakanga iri mapurisa epachivande aTsarist, uye akaiswa mutorongo kwemwedzi miviri. Akanga ari mutsigiri weFebruary Revolution, asi gare gare akatsigira October Revolution ndokuva pro-Bolshevik. Mushure mekuumbwa kweTurkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, akagadzwa seMutungamiri webazi reMargilan reKoshchi Peasant Union. 