Russian Turkestan

Russian Turkestan was a colony in Transoxiana and Khwarazm (Central and North Asia) that lasted from 1867 to 1917 CE, about 50 years. Its people spoke Slavic languages (Russian, Polish, Czech, Serbian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian).

The Governorate-General of Turkestan, ruled from Tashkent by Russian generals. Railways linked it to Russia, and cotton plantations spread across the Fergana valley to supply Russian mills.

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Facts

Dates

1867 to 1917 CE

Duration

50 years

Type

Colony

Region

Transoxiana and Khwarazm, Central and North Asia

Language family

Slavic

Capital

Tashkent

Came from

• Khanate of Kokand 1709 to 1876 CE

Became

• Turkestan ASSR 1918 to 1924 CE

Events in Central and North Asia during its time

• 1908 Tunguska explosion

Neighbours in Central and North Asia

• Russian Siberia 1582 to 1917 CE
• Qing rule in Mongolia 1691 to 1911 CE
• Qing Xinjiang 1759 to 1912 CE
• Khanate of Khiva 1511 to 1920 CE
• Russian Far East and Yakutia 1632 to 1917 CE
• Khanate of Kokand 1709 to 1876 CE
• Emirate of Bukhara 1785 to 1920 CE
• Russian Kazakh Steppe 1822 to 1917 CE
• Xinjiang under the Republic of China 1912 to 1949 CE
• Bogd Khanate of Mongolia 1911 to 1924 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Qing dynasty 1636 to 1912 CE, East Asia
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Russian Empire 1721 to 1917 CE, Europe

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