Was die Aufzeichnungen sagen
- Wann
- 2. Juli 1853 – 28. Juli 1853
- Art
- Belagerung
- Koordinaten
- 44.85° N, 65.52° E
- Description
- 1853 engagement of the Russo-Kokand War
Siege of Ak-Mechet
1853 engagement of the Russo-Kokand War
The siege of Ak-Mechet was the first major engagement of the Russo-Kokand War, fought between the Russian Empire and the Khanate of Kokand. Placed on the defensible Syr Darya river, Ak-Mechet was an important northern outpost of the Kokand Khanate, used as a base to collect tax from Kazakhs in the region, and to control trade between Russia and southern Central Asia.
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