Russian conquest of Central Asia
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title:
Russian conquest of Central Asia
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In the 16th century, the Tsardom of Russia embarked on a campaign to expand the Russian frontier to the east. This effort continued until the 19th century under the Russian Empire, when the Imperial Russian Army succeeded in conquering all of Central Asia. The majority of this land became known as Russian Turkestan—the name "Turkestan" was used to refer to the area due to the fact that it was and is inhabited by Turkic peoples, excluding the Tajiks, who are an Iranian ethnicity. Upon witnessing
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Period in Russian and Central Asian history
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_conquest_of_Central_Asia
date created:
2016-09-23T23:24:27Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T14:07:50Z
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