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| | caption = ''The Capture of Tashkent by General Chernyayev'', 1890, by ] | | caption = ''The Capture of Tashkent by General Chernyayev'', 1890, by ] | ||
| | place = ] | | place = ] | ||
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| date = May – June 1865 | ||
| | result = Russian victory | | result = Russian victory | ||
| | combatant1 = {{flagicon|Russian Empire|1858}} ] | | combatant1 = {{flagicon|Russian Empire|1858}} ] | ||
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| {{Campaignbox Russian conquest of Central Asia}} | {{Campaignbox Russian conquest of Central Asia}} | ||
| The '''siege of Tashkent''' was the final major |
The '''siege of Tashkent''' was the final major engagement of the {{ill|Russo-Kokand war|ru|Российское завоевание Кокандского ханства}}, fought between the ] and the ]. | ||
| }}, fought between the ] and the ]. | |||
| ==Background== | ==Background== | ||
| Tashkent was a key city and center of Turkestan. | Tashkent was a key city and center of Turkestan. | ||
| It's capture had become a crutial part of the Czar's foreign policy, but some have argued that Russia's focus on it was greater than its actual influence.{{sfn|Allworth|1999|p=59}} | |||
| Conflict within Kokand allowed Russia to conquer Kokand's subjects in the ] in 1864.{{sfn|Levi|2017|p=194}} | Conflict within Kokand allowed Russia to conquer Kokand's subjects in the ] in 1864.{{sfn|Levi|2017|p=194}} | ||
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| On August 1866, the city was officially annexed after a year of delibertion.{{sfn|Levi|2017|p=196}} | On August 1866, the city was officially annexed after a year of delibertion.{{sfn|Levi|2017|p=196}} | ||
| Allworth argued that the importance of the idea of Tashkent may have encouraged the entire conquest of Central Asia.{{sfn|Allworth|1999|p=59}} | |||
| ==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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| ===Citations=== | ===Citations=== | ||
| {{refbegin}} | {{refbegin}} | ||
| * {{Cite book |last=Terentyev |first=Mikhail Afrikanovich |title=Историю завоевания Средней Азии |date=1906 |volume=2 |location=Saint Petersburg |language=ru |trans-title=The history of the conquest of Central Asia}} | |||
| * {{Cite book |last=Pierce |first=RIchard |title=Russian Central Asia 1867-1917: A Study in Colonial Rule |date=1960 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-52031-774-1}} #TODO | |||
| * {{Cite book |last=MacKenzie |first=David |title=The Lion of Tashkent: the career of General M. G. Cherniaev |date=1974 |publisher=University of Georgia Press |isbn=978-0-8203-0322-2 |location=Athens}} #TODO | |||
| * {{Cite book |last=Hopkirk |first=Peter |title=The Great Game: the struggle for empire in central Asia |date=1994 |publisher=Kodansha |isbn=978-1-56836-022-5 |location=New York}} #TODO | |||
| * {{Cite book |last=Allworth |first=Edward |title=Central Asia, 130 years of Russian dominance: a historical overview |date=1999 |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=978-0-8223-1521-6 |location=Durham}} | |||
| * {{Cite book |last=Ploskikh |first=Vladimir |title=Киргизы и Кокандское Ханство |date=2014 |publisher=Neo Print |isbn=978-9967-19-187-7 |location=Bishkek |language=ru |trans-title=The Kyrgyz people and the Kokand Khanate}} | |||
| * {{Cite book |last=Levi |first=Scott Cameron |title=The rise and fall of Khoqand, 1709-1876: Central Asia in the global age |date=2017 |publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press |isbn=978-0-8229-6506-0 |location=Pittsburgh}} | * {{Cite book |last=Levi |first=Scott Cameron |title=The rise and fall of Khoqand, 1709-1876: Central Asia in the global age |date=2017 |publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press |isbn=978-0-8229-6506-0 |location=Pittsburgh}} | ||
| * {{Cite book |last=Morrison |first=Alexander |title=The Russian conquest of Central Asia: a study in imperial expansion, 1814-1914 |date=2021 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-03030-5 |location=Cambridge}} | |||
| {{refend}} | {{refend}} | ||
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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 | |
|---|---|
The siege of Tashkent was the final major engagement of the Russo-Kokand war [ru], fought between the Khanate of Kokand and the Russian Empire.
Background
Tashkent was a key city and center of Turkestan.
It's capture had become a crutial part of the Czar's foreign policy, but some have argued that Russia's focus on it was greater than its actual influence.
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.
Allworth argued that the importance of the idea of Tashkent may have encouraged the entire conquest of Central Asia.
Notes
References
- ^ Allworth 1999, p. 59.
- ^ Levi 2017, p. 194.
- ^ Levi 2017, p. 195.
- ^ Levi 2017, p. 196.
Citations
- Terentyev, Mikhail Afrikanovich (1906). Историю завоевания Средней Азии [The history of the conquest of Central Asia] (in Russian). Vol. 2. Saint Petersburg.
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- Pierce, RIchard (1960). Russian Central Asia 1867-1917: A Study in Colonial Rule. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-52031-774-1. #TODO
- MacKenzie, David (1974). The Lion of Tashkent: the career of General M. G. Cherniaev. Athens: University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-0322-2. #TODO
- Hopkirk, Peter (1994). The Great Game: the struggle for empire in central Asia. New York: Kodansha. ISBN 978-1-56836-022-5. #TODO
- Allworth, Edward (1999). Central Asia, 130 years of Russian dominance: a historical overview. Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-1521-6.
- Ploskikh, Vladimir (2014). Киргизы и Кокандское Ханство [The Kyrgyz people and the Kokand Khanate] (in Russian). Bishkek: Neo Print. ISBN 978-9967-19-187-7.
- 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.
- Morrison, Alexander (2021). The Russian conquest of Central Asia: a study in imperial expansion, 1814-1914. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-03030-5.