Russian conquest of Bukhara

Russian conquest of Bukhara
Part of Russian conquest of Central Asia
Date1842–20 May 1868
Locationpresent-day Uzbekistan
Result

Russian victory

Belligerents
Russian Empire Russia Bukhara
Commanders and leaders
Russian Empire Nicholas I
Russian Empire Alexander II		 Nasrullah Khan
Muzaffar al-Din
Strength
Russian Empire unknown unknown
Casualties and losses
Russian Empire unknown unknown

The Russian conquest of Bukhara was a series of wars, invasions, and the subsequent conquest of the Central Asian Emirate of Bukhara by the Russian Empire.

War

The nomads of central Asia, who had produced great conquerors in the distant past, were little match for the disciplined armies of the 19th century. Raids by Muslim guerillas encouraged local Russian governors to take the initiative in subduing the central Asian khanates of Khiva and Bukhara. Envoys from Russia and Britain to Bokhara were treated with arrogance and contempt, and in 1848 two British officers were imprisoned and killed. In the early 1860s the Bukharans managed to fend off Russian advances, but in May 1866 they were defeated. The Russians then established a governor-general of Turkestan, on Syr Darya. The war resumed in 1868, when the Emir was forced to accept vassal status.

See also

Literature

  • Malikov A., The Russian conquest of the Bukharan Emirate: military and diplomatic aspects in Central Asian Survey, Volume 33, Issue 2, 2014, pp. 180–198.

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