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Russian conquest of Central Asia

In the 16th century, the Tsardom of Russia embarked on a campaign to expand the Russian frontier to the east. This effort continued until the 19th century under the Russian Empire, when the Imperial Russian Army succeeded in conquering all of Central Asia.

Russian conquest of Central Asia
Russian conquest of Central Asia · Turkestan_1900-es.svg : Wassily / Translator: Molorco derivative work: HylgeriaK ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
When
1839
Where
Central Asia
Era
Modern

Topics

Kazakhstan329 BCE – todayBritish India1700 – 1947

Before and after

Khivan campaign of 1839–18401839Treaty of London1839Show on timeline

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