Russian–Turkmen conflicts

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The Russian–Turkmen conflicts were a series of 19th-century military campaigns and clashes between the expanding Russian Empire and Turkmen tribes that played a key role in bringing Turkmen territories under Russian control.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
series of wars ⓘ
cause Russian efforts to secure southern frontier ⓘ
Russian imperial expansion ⓘ
desire to control caravan routes ⓘ
characterizedBy cavalry raids ⓘ
harsh reprisals against Turkmen settlements ⓘ
sieges of Turkmen fortresses ⓘ
conflictBetween Russian Empire ⓘ
Turkmen tribes ⓘ
linked to: Turkoman tribes
endTime 1880s ⓘ
followedBy full Russian administrative control over Turkmenistan ⓘ
hasPart Akhal-Teke campaign ⓘ
Battle of Geok Tepe (1881) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Geok Tepe

Krasnovodsk expeditions ⓘ
Merv campaign ⓘ
clashes with Teke Turkmen ⓘ
linked to: Tekke Turkmens

clashes with Yomud Turkmen ⓘ
historicalRegion Akhal region ⓘ
Kopet Dag foothills ⓘ
linked to: Kopet Dag mountains

Merv oasis ⓘ
impact decline of Turkmen tribal autonomy ⓘ
integration of Turkmen regions into Russian economic system ⓘ
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
Transcaspian region ⓘ
linked to: Transcaspia

Turkmen territories ⓘ
mainBelligerent Ersari Turkmen ⓘ
Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
Teke Turkmen ⓘ
Yomud Turkmen ⓘ
linked to: Yomut Turkmens
opponent nomadic Turkmen tribes ⓘ
opposingCommander Teke tribal leaders ⓘ
partOf Great Game ⓘ
Russian conquest of Central Asia ⓘ
relatedTo Russian conquest of Bukhara ⓘ
Russian conquest of Khiva ⓘ
Russian conquest of Kokand ⓘ
result Russian victory ⓘ
establishment of Transcaspian Oblast ⓘ
incorporation of Turkmen lands into Russian Empire ⓘ
significantCommander Aleksandr Komarov ⓘ
Mikhail Skobelev ⓘ
Nikolai Lomakin ⓘ
significantEvent storming of Geok Tepe fortress ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Geok Tepe
startTime 1860s ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
territorialChange Russian control over Merv oasis ⓘ
annexation of Akhal-Teke oasis by Russia ⓘ

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Russian conquest of Central Asia → hasPart → Russian–Turkmen conflicts ⓘ
Uzbek khanates → conflict → Russo–Central Asian wars ⓘ
linked to: Russian–Turkmen conflicts
Russian–Turkmen conflicts → hasPart → clashes with Yomud Turkmen ⓘ
linked to: Russian–Turkmen conflicts
Konstantin von Kaufmann → participantIn → Russian–Khivan War ⓘ
linked to: Russian–Turkmen conflicts
Gökdepe → historicalContext → Russian–Turkmen conflicts ⓘ