What the records say
- When
- Dec 1880 – Jan 1881
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 38.16° N, 57.97° E
- Description
- battle between the Russian Empire and Turkmens (1881)
Battle of Geok Tepe
Battle between the Russian Empire and Turkmens (1881)
The Battle of Geok Tepe in 1881 was the main event in the 1880/81 Russian campaign to conquer the Teke tribe of Turkmens. Its effect was to give the Russian Empire control over most of what is now Turkmenistan, thereby nearly completing the Russian conquest of Central Asia.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Siege of Geok Tepe: Russian troops under General Mikhail Skobelev defeat the Turkomans”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Göktepe Savaşı: General Mihail Skobelev komutasındaki Rus birlikleri Türkmenleri yendi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page