The Battle of Geok Tepe in 1881 was the main event in the 1880/81 Russian campaign to conquer the Teke tribe of Turkmens. Its effect was to give the Russian Empire control over most of what is now Tur

Gökdepe, previously spelled "Geok-Tepe" in Russian, is a city in and the administrative center of Gökdepe District, Ahal Region, Turkmenistan, 45 kilometres north-west of Ashgabat. The city is built a