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Conflict

Russian Conquest of Central Asia

1839 CE – 1895 CE · 56 years

Russia systematically conquered the Central Asian khanates in a 'Great Game' expansion that brought the ancient Silk Road cities under Tsarist control and alarmed the British Empire.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Russian Empire
  • Kokand, Bukhara, Khiva Khanates, Turkmen tribes

Key moments

Defining events in the Russian Conquest of Central Asia.

  1. 1865 Fall of Tashkent
  2. 1868 Battle of Samarkand
  3. 1881 Battle of Geok Tepe

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Landmark

Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

central Asian khanates

Attested 1530 CE – 1900 CE

Conflict

Kokand Khanate Wars

1709 CE – 1876 CE

Figure · United States

Andrew Jackson

1767 CE – 1845 CE

Landmark

Lake Issyk-Kul

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Dutch East Indies

Attested 1650 CE – 1938 CE

Figure · United States

Robert E. Lee

1807 CE – 1870 CE

Landmark

Pamir Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1839 CE and 1895 CE.

1839 CE First Opium War 1839 CE First Anglo-Afghan War 1839 CE Uruguayan Civil War (Guerra Grande) 1840 CE Auckland 1841 CE Sino-Sikh War (Dogra-Tibetan War)

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