✦ History

Russian conquest of Central Asia

1839

Result Russian victory

The Russian Empire expanded into Central Asia over several decades. It annexed the Kazakh steppe and Turkestan and made the khanates of Khiva and Bukhara into protectorates.

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Battles and events 7

1837 – 1847
Kenesary's Rebellion
1839
Khivan campaign of 1839–1840 Khivan-Kazakh victory Khanate of Khiva Nicholas I of Russia
1842 – 1868
Russian conquest of Bukhara Russian victory Alexander II of Russia, Nicholas I of Russia
December 16–18, 1864
Battle of Ican Russian victory Alimqul
March 11 – June 14, 1873
Khivan campaign of 1873 Russian victory Khiva Alexander II of Russia, Konstantin von Kaufmann, Muhammad Rahim Bahadur Khan II
September 9, 1879
Battle of Geok Tepe (1879) Turkmen victory Turkmenistan
December 1880 – January 1881
Battle of Geok Tepe Russian victory Gökdepe Alexei Kuropatkin, Mikhail Skobelev

Key commanders

Russia 3

Alexander II of Russia belligerent leader Konstantin von Kaufmann Russian commander Nicholas I of Russia military commander

Khiva 1

Muhammad Rahim Bahadur Khan II military commander

Russian Empire 4

Alexei Kuropatkin military commander Mikhail Skobelev military commander Alexander II of Russia belligerent leader Nicholas I of Russia belligerent leader

Tsardom of Russia 7

Alexander II of Russia belligerent leader Alexander III of Russia belligerent leader Peter the Great belligerent leader Anna of Russia belligerent leader Nicholas I of Russia belligerent leader Mikhail Skobelev belligerent leader Konstantin von Kaufmann military commander

Khanate of Kokand 1

Alimqul military commander