✦ History

Part of Russian conquest of Central Asia

Russian conquest of Bukhara

1842 โ€“ 1868

Result Russian victory

The Russian Empire fought the Emirate of Bukhara and took Khujand and Samarkand. In 1868 Bukhara became a Russian protectorate.

Overview Contemporaries

Russian Empire

Emirate of Bukhara

Russian Empire
Emirate of Bukhara
Alexander II of Russia belligerent leader Nicholas I of Russia belligerent leader

Strength and losses

Strength
5,000
Killed
174
Wounded
822
Strength
c. 70,000
Killed
13,300
Wounded
1,500
Captured
3,000
Guns lost
53

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