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 NERFINISHED
Turkmen tribes NERFINISHED
endTime 1880s
followedBy full Russian administrative control over Turkmenistan
hasPart Akhal-Teke campaign NERFINISHED
Battle of Geok Tepe (1881) NERFINISHED
Krasnovodsk expeditions NERFINISHED
Merv campaign NERFINISHED
clashes with Teke Turkmen NERFINISHED
clashes with Yomud Turkmen NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Akhal region NERFINISHED
Kopet Dag foothills NERFINISHED
Merv oasis NERFINISHED
impact decline of Turkmen tribal autonomy
integration of Turkmen regions into Russian economic system
locatedIn Central Asia
Transcaspian region NERFINISHED
Turkmen territories
mainBelligerent Ersari Turkmen NERFINISHED
Imperial Russian Army NERFINISHED
Teke Turkmen NERFINISHED
Yomud Turkmen NERFINISHED
opponent nomadic Turkmen tribes
opposingCommander Teke tribal leaders
partOf Great Game NERFINISHED
Russian conquest of Central Asia NERFINISHED
relatedTo Russian conquest of Bukhara NERFINISHED
Russian conquest of Khiva NERFINISHED
Russian conquest of Kokand NERFINISHED
result Russian victory
establishment of Transcaspian Oblast
incorporation of Turkmen lands into Russian Empire
significantCommander Aleksandr Komarov NERFINISHED
Mikhail Skobelev NERFINISHED
Nikolai Lomakin NERFINISHED
significantEvent storming of Geok Tepe fortress NERFINISHED
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 Russian–Turkmen conflicts
this entity surface form: Russo–Central Asian wars