Russian colonisation of Central Asia

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 Russia's absorption of the various Central Asian realms, the British Empire sought to reinforce India, triggering the Great Game, which ended when both sides eventually designated Afghanistan as a neutral buffer zone.

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Russian conquest of Turkestan
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1219 — 1258 Mongol invasion of Persia and Mesopotamia

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1737 — 1740 Nader's Central Asian Campaign

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1917 Central Asian revolt of 1916

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-138 — 89 Han–Xiongnu Wars

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606 — 608 Hephthalite–Gokturk raids of 614–616

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1216 — 1221 Mongol invasion of Central Asia

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1219 — 1221 Mongol invasion of Khwarazmian Empire and Eastern Iran

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Живописное обозрение 1885, № 01-26 (6 янв. - 30 июня); № 27-52 (7 июля - 29 дек.) Page 452

Karazin - Entry of Russian troops into Samarkand 1868

Иллюстрация к статье «Кушка». Военная энциклопедия Сытина (Санкт-Петербург, 1911-1915)

Бегство кокандского хана

Battle at Zerabulak Heights

Kazaki-6-polka-Grombchevscogo

Трофеи после боя при Кушке

Рисунок к статье «Ирджар». Военная энциклопедия Сытина (Санкт-Петербург, 1911-1915)

Defence of the Samarkand Citadel

Battle of Machram 1876

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	200	Kanishka's Central Asian campaign	Kushan Empire, Indo-Scythians, military campaign, Parthian Empire	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	640	Tang campaigns against the Western Turks	military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1219	Mongol invasion of Persia and Mesopotamia	Abbasid Caliphate, Mongol Empire, invasion, Khwarazmian Empire, Nizari Ismaili state	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1737	Nader's Central Asian Campaign	military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1914	Middle Eastern Theatre of World War I	theater of war	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Central Asian revolt of 1916	rebellion	Wikidata
event	war		Hepthalite–Kidarite Wars	series of wars	Wikidata
event	war	138	Han–Xiongnu Wars	Han dynasty, Xiongnu, series of wars	Wikidata
event	war	606	Hephthalite–Gokturk raids of 614–616	war, Sasanian Empire	Wikidata
event	war	1216	Mongol invasion of Central Asia	war, Mongol Empire, Qara Khitai, Anushtegin dynasty	Wikidata
event	war	1219	Mongol invasion of Khwarazmian Empire and Eastern Iran	war, Mongol Empire, Anushtegin dynasty, military campaign	Wikidata
event	war	1260	Toluid Civil War	civil war, war of succession	Wikidata
event	war	1758	Qing-Kyrgyz War	war, Qing dynasty, Russian Empire, Kalmyks, Kyrgyz people	Wikidata
event	war	1839	Russian colonisation of Central Asia	war, Russian Empire, conquest	Wikidata
commons	image		Живописное обозрение 1885, № 01-26 (6 янв. - 30 июня); № 27-52 (7 июля - 29 дек.) Page 452		Commons
commons	image		Karazin - Entry of Russian troops into Samarkand 1868		Commons
commons	image		Иллюстрация к статье «Кушка». Военная энциклопедия Сытина (Санкт-Петербург, 1911-1915)		Commons
commons	image		Бегство кокандского хана		Commons
commons	image		Battle at Zerabulak Heights		Commons
commons	image		Kazaki-6-polka-Grombchevscogo		Commons
commons	image		Трофеи после боя при Кушке		Commons
commons	image		Рисунок к статье «Ирджар». Военная энциклопедия Сытина (Санкт-Петербург, 1911-1915)		Commons
commons	image		Defence of the Samarkand Citadel		Commons
commons	image		Battle of Machram 1876		Commons