Great Game
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The Great Game was a rivalry between the 19th-century British and Russian empires over influence in Central Asia, primarily in Afghanistan, Persia, and Tibet. The two colonial empires used military in
Silk and spice festival in modern-day Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Russians constructing the Trans-Caspian Railway, from the Black Sea across Merv to Herat and India, drawing by Charles Thomas Marvin (1854–1890)
General Mikhaïl Annenkov in Paris, 1891, supervisor of Russo-Indian railway operation
Siberian Cossack c. 1890s
Russian Turkestan
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Russian Turkestan was the vast region of Central Asia governed by the Russian Empire, often described by historians as a colonial possession. It was formally organized as the Turkestan Governorate-Gen
Great Game
…The two colonial empires used military interventions and diplomatic negotiations to acquire and redefine territories in Central and South Asia. Russia conquered Turkestan, and Britain expanded and set the borders of British India. By the early 20th century, a line of independent states, tribes, and monarchies from the…
The Defence of the Samarkand Citadel in 1868
Konstantin von Kaufman, first and longest-serving Governor-General of Turkestan (1867–1882)
Le Turkestan et les pays limitrophes tracé des frontières de la Russie d'Asie