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| ==Background== | ==Background== | ||
| Tashkent was a key city and center of Turkestan. | |||
| ==Initial attack== | |||
| Conflict within Kokand allowed Russia to conquer Kokand's subjects in the ] in 1864.{{sfn|Levi|2017|p=194}} | |||
| One month earlier Shymkent had fallen to Russian forces.{{sfn|Levi|2017|p=194}} | |||
| {{quote box|width=30%|quote=As for Tashkent, I beg your Excellency vigilantly and closely to observe everything that occurs in this town, and to assist the moral party that wishes to separate from hostile Khoqand and through your actions to direct the formation from Tashkent of a polity, independent from Khoqand and Bukhara, but a vassal of Russia.|source=—Letter from {{ill|Nikolai Kryzhanovsky|ru|Крыжановский, Николай Андреевич}} to ]{{sfn|Levi|2017|p=194}}}} | |||
| Governor-General of ] {{ill|Nikolai Kryzhanovsky|ru|Крыжановский, Николай Андреевич}} told Chernyayev to form a state independent of the Central Asian states from Tashkent, permitting him to attack the city.{{sfn|Levi|2017|p=195}} | |||
| Upon reaching ], Chernyayev diverted the ], which supplied water to Tashkent.{{sfn|Levi|2017|p=195}} | |||
| Upon hearing of this days later, ] sent riders to inform provincial leaders, and immediately rode to Tashkent without reinforcement.{{sfn|Levi|2017|p=195}} | |||
| ==Siege== | ==Siege== | ||
| On May 20 Alimqul was shot and killed.{{sfn|Levi|2017|p=196}} | |||
| On June 27 the walls were breached.{{sfn|Levi|2017|p=196}} | |||
| On June 29 the last defenders surrendered.{{sfn|Levi|2017|p=196}} | |||
| ==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
| On August 1866, the city was officially annexed after a year of delibertion.{{sfn|Levi|2017|p=196}} | |||
| ==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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| Seige of Tashkent | |||||||
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| Part of The Russian conquest of Central Asia | |||||||
 The Capture of Tashkent by General Chernyayev, 1890, by Nikolay Karazin | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Russian Empire | Khanate of Kokand | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Mikhail Chernyayev |
Alimqul † Syzdyk Sultan | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1,300 | 30,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 25 dead; 117 wounded | |||||||
| Russian conquest of Central Asia Campaigns and theaters | |
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The siege of Tashkent was the final major battle of the Russian Conquest of Kokand, fought between the Khanate of Kokand and the Russian Empire.
Background
Tashkent was a key city and center of Turkestan.
Conflict within Kokand allowed Russia to conquer Kokand's subjects in the Kazakh Steppe in 1864.
One month earlier Shymkent had fallen to Russian forces.
—Letter from Nikolai Kryzhanovsky to Mikhail ChernyayevAs for Tashkent, I beg your Excellency vigilantly and closely to observe everything that occurs in this town, and to assist the moral party that wishes to separate from hostile Khoqand and through your actions to direct the formation from Tashkent of a polity, independent from Khoqand and Bukhara, but a vassal of Russia.
Governor-General of Orenburg Province Nikolai Kryzhanovsky told Chernyayev to form a state independent of the Central Asian states from Tashkent, permitting him to attack the city.
Upon reaching Niyazbek, Chernyayev diverted the Chirchik River, which supplied water to Tashkent.
Upon hearing of this days later, Alimqul sent riders to inform provincial leaders, and immediately rode to Tashkent without reinforcement.
Siege
On May 20 Alimqul was shot and killed.
On June 27 the walls were breached.
On June 29 the last defenders surrendered.
Aftermath
On August 1866, the city was officially annexed after a year of delibertion.
Notes
References
Citations
- Levi, Scott Cameron (2017). The rise and fall of Khoqand, 1709-1876: Central Asia in the global age. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-6506-0.