Battle of Geok Tepe

Quando

dez. de 1880 – jan. de 1881

Tipo

Cerco

Coordenadas

38.16° N, 57.97° E

Description

battle between the Russian Empire and Turkmens (1881)

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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