In this research article, an attempt is made to analyze the reasons for the appearance and course of a sharp increase in grain prices in the grain markets of large cities of the Turkestan GovernorGeneral, primarily in Tashkent in the autumn of 1893. In the study of this socio-economic crisis, which took place in the administrative center of the province, various sources and scientific literature were involved. Valuable materials from the National Archive of Uzbekistan, periodicals and scientific literature, including in foreign languages, made it possible to better understand the motives and mechanisms of such a phenomenon, as well as in other large cities of the province, such as Kokand, Samarkand, Verny, etc.... They also critically analyzed information from the above sources regarding the role and influence on the emergence, price regulation and conflict resolution of the officials of the colonial administration. From this study, it becomes clear how vulnerable the colonial administration system was and the ambiguous participation of some of its representatives in the regulation of this process.