Go Jamolak

We go Jamolak (Chamolak) ( taj. “We go” - a public figure, activist; “Chamolak” is a special type of braiding for girls), the real name is Kobilhodzhaev, Bibisolekh (1872-1942), a participant in the 1916 Uprising in Central Asia , which began on July 4 in Khujand (Khojent) and then spread to most of Turkestan general Governors and the Steppe Territory of the Russian Empire .

The impetus for the uprising was the decree of Tsar Nicholas II "On the attraction of male foreign population to work on the construction of defensive structures and military communications in the area of ​​the army" on June 25, 1916 ^[1] . According to the development plan from the city of Khujand, 2,978 workers were to be mobilized ^[2] . The compilation of the lists began on July 3 and caused a sharp discontent among the inhabitants of the city, resulting in a popular uprising. Hodimi Jamolak was a famous woman in her quarter, the wife of a poor craftsman. She headed all social, holiday and ritual events, family and city celebrations.

Walked Jamolak enjoyed authority among the women of her and neighboring quarters of the city. After the death of her husband, Hodimi Jamolak alone raised the only son of Karim and who was one of the first to be on the list of mobilized workers. Fear of losing the breadwinner forced the widow of Hodimi Jamolak to ask the representatives of the colonial administration to leave her son, but she was refused. When the residents of the Saribalandi, Guzari Ohun, Kozi Luchchakon neighborhoods, protesters against compiling the lists, gathered outside the building of the district chief of Khujand, Hodimi Jamolak joined the crowd. An excited crowd, among which there were many women and children, demanded to show and destroy the mobilization lists. Since the district chief, Colonel N. B. Rubakh ^[3], escaped to the ferry on the river. The Syr Darya , then the requirements gathered in front of the county government building of the townspeople, no one could satisfy.

The crowd was pushing, and the police tried to hold people back. When, on the orders of the assistant to the district chief, Lieutenant Colonel V.K. Artsishevsky, the police and the guardsmen who approached them began to disperse people by force, the crowd trembled. At that moment, Hodimi Jamolak stepped forward. The threat of losing her only breadwinner forced her to take decisive action. Turning to the crowd, she urged not to step back. And, having attacked the nearest policeman, she hit him and took away the saber. Hodimi Jamolak’s act inspired the crowd. Clashes with the police began, shots rang out, which is considered the beginning of the uprising in Khujand. Garrison soldiers began to shoot the rebels from the wall of the Khujand fortress . The dead and wounded appeared in the crowd, the uprising was crushed.

According to her, the speech of the residents of Khujand is called "The Rebellion of the Walking Jamolak."

Hodimi Jamolak is one of the famous historical figures of Tajikistan . Her name is always mentioned when it comes to the heroes of the Tajik people. One lane in Khujand is named after her. A part of the exposition of the Historical Museum of Sughd Region is dedicated to her ^[4] . The image of Hodimi Jamolak is described in the novel by Tajik writer Rahim Jalil, “Pulat and Gulru,” in a series of short stories by the writer. Khodimi Chamolak in the book by Ismailova B. “Woman and Politics”, published in the city of Khujand in 2013, was called a brave woman who joined the front ranks of fighters against the colonial system of Russia in 1916.

Walked Jamolak died in 1942. In 1986, a bust of Khodimi Jamolak was installed in the center of Khujand. Despite such popularity, there is very little information about the life of Bibisolehi Kobilkhodzhaeva (Hodimi Jamolak).

In 2015, a video report was made for Radio Ozodi in the Tajik language under the title “The uprising of a Tajik woman against tsarist Russia” ^[5] .