Anglo-Russian boundary commission

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The Anglo-Russian boundary commission was a joint British–Russian body established in the late 19th century to survey and formally delimit the frontier between Afghanistan and the Russian Empire in Central Asia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf boundary commission ⓘ
international commission ⓘ
activity boundary demarcation ⓘ
boundary surveying ⓘ
cartographic mapping of the frontier ⓘ
composition British representatives ⓘ
Russian representatives ⓘ
military officers ⓘ
surveyors ⓘ
countryInvolved Afghanistan ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
establishedInPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
fieldOfWork geodetic surveying ⓘ
international boundary delimitation ⓘ
historicalContext Anglo-Russian rivalry in Central Asia ⓘ
Great Game ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
location Central Asia ⓘ
operatedInRegion Afghan frontier ⓘ
borderlands between Afghanistan and Russian Central Asia ⓘ
purpose to delimit the frontier between Afghanistan and the Russian Empire ⓘ
to survey the frontier between Afghanistan and the Russian Empire ⓘ
relatedTo Afghan–Russian border ⓘ
Anglo-Afghan relations ⓘ
Russo-Afghan relations ⓘ
result formal delimitation of parts of the Afghan–Russian frontier ⓘ
production of official boundary maps ⓘ
typeOfAgreementImplemented frontier protocol ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Panjdeh incident → followedBy → Anglo-Russian boundary commission ⓘ
Afghanistan–China border → establishedBy → Anglo-Russian agreements on Central Asia ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Russian boundary commission
Panjdeh Oasis → wasSubjectOf → Anglo-Russian boundary negotiations ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Russian boundary commission
Battle of Kushk → followedBy → Anglo-Russian agreement on Afghan frontier ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Russian boundary commission
Afghanistan–Turkmenistan border → definedBy → Anglo-Russian boundary commissions ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Russian boundary commission