With a POD from 16th Century to 19th Century, what if Russia (for whatever reason, such as financial troubles, military loses, or Western threats) never conquered and annex these Central Asia, including
- Kazakh Khanate
- Khanate of Khiva
- Khanate of Bukhara/Emirate of Bukhara
- Kokand Khanate
- Turkmen Tribes
How would no Russian conquest of Central Asia, effect the region?
How would this change geopolitics?
Hello friends, I have another favor to ask you, this one is a little bit more history specific.
Mainly I am looking for some books (also in Russian - need to practice) about the the conquest of Central Asia by the Russian empire. I am really into Russian history and ofc you can't get any proper books here - not even recommendations. To me it's a really interesting part of the Russian history - something like a clash of cultures when the former conquerors and raiders became conquered which in the end resulted even in the sovietization of Central Asia and so on. Really mind blowing stuff if you ask me. So please do you have any recommendations (also movies and links would help a great deal).
P. S. I am also interested in the Kiev Rus times, the wars for freedom against the Golden horde and all the books and movies about the territorial expansion of Russia. Also anything good related to the ΡΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΎΠ²Π΅Π΄Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ and Π³Π΅ΠΎΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡΠΈΠΊΠ° Π ΠΎΡΡΠΈΠΈ.
ΠΠ³ΡΠΎΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠ΅ Π²Π°ΠΌ ΡΠΏΠ°ΡΠΈΠ±ΠΎ Π·Π° ΡΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡ ΡΠ΅Π±ΡΡΠ°. Π₯ΠΎΡΠΎΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎ Π²Π°ΠΌ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌ Π΄Π½Ρ! π½
I'm talking about afghan and central asian invaders, like the delhi sultanate and the mughals.
I'm a language enthusiast but with time constraints and juggling between life and passion, I'm planning to devote to studying Russian. I only know the alphabets and simple sentences but I'm willing to get some sort of structure and fluency.
I do want to visit or maybe work in Russia and Central Asia. I feel like English is more of convenience and I want to visit countries without the natives stressing on English to converse with me in the future. (I also believe people are intelligent in their own languages)
So, is Russian enough?
Out of this, I am genuinely into languages. I know three foreign languages but they're mostly Level 1 and Level 2 languages.
So America western expansion is romanticized into the βWild Westβ and the adventure filled frontier. Itβs a whole genre that still commands public attention, as we can see from red dead redemptions popularity.
Does the Russian frontier in Siberia and Central Asia mythologized in the same way. Is there a whole genre based around 18th and 18th century eastern expansion in the same way we have Westerns in America?
Have been there or do you have family there?
The question comes specifically from the commemoration of the anniversary of Battle of Geok Tepe as a day of mourning and national pride in present day Turkmenistan.
I wondered how this battle and other battles of the Russian conquest were seen in the Soviet Central Asian republics. Did the academic and popular discourse take the side of the Russians or did it take the side of the defenders or perhaps did it take some form of balanced view?
In Lost Enlightenment, Frederick Starr characterizes it as being enormously destructive, not just in terms of lives lost but also in deliberate policies of cultural destruction, such as burned libraries and books. But the book has come under some (justified) criticism and one reviewer flagged that statement as being dubious. So I am curious to know more about it.
