Why did Red Army forces destroy the Kokand autonomous government in 1918?

The Red Army destroyed the autonomous government in Kokand in 1918 because the administration was established by Muslims in direct opposition to the Soviet colonial government based in Tashkent.12

Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, the autonomous government was formed at a National Congress to assert local political independence. The Soviet authorities in Tashkent, seeking to consolidate control over the region, viewed this rival power center as a threat to their authority and liquidated it by force in February 1918. This act of suppression triggered the Basmachi Revolt, a long-standing resistance movement against Soviet rule in Central Asia.21