Siege of Samarkand

Quand

12 juin 1868 – 18 juin 1868

Type

Siège

Coordonnées

39.65° N, 66.96° E

Description

1868 siege

Part of the Russian conquest of Bukhara

The siege of Samarkand, or siege of the Samarkand Citadel, was a military engagement fought in the city of Samarkand in June 1868. In the engagement, a small garrison of Russian Imperial soldiers was besieged by a combined army of Bukharan soldiers and their allies - including the Kokand Khanate and tributary Turkmen-Uzbek tribes. The siege played an important role in the 1868 campaign of Russian conquest of Bukhara.

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