HISTORICAL SURVEY OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE AND THE KOKAND KHANATE IN THE XVIII-XIX CENTURIES

Аннотация

This article examines the establishment of the first trade relations of the Russian Empire with the Central Asian khanates, and on this basis, intervention in the internal politics of the Central Asian khanates began. We know that the Russian Empire, in addition to establishing internal order on its territory, intensified its expansion to the east and south. Surrounded by internal strife and strife, the backward Central Asian khanates could not withstand the pressure of the Russian Empire. In addition, Britain's attempts to penetrate Central Asia intensified the aggression of the Russian Empire. The plans of the Russian Empire were initially to conquer the Kokand Khanate from the khanates. Because the territory of the state was rich in natural raw materials. A brief historiography of similar issues has been developed in this study.