Transcaspia

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geographic region historical region

Transcaspia was a historical region in Central Asia, largely corresponding to modern-day Turkmenistan, that lay east of the Caspian Sea and was once part of the Russian Empire.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Transcaspian region 3
Transcaspia canonical 2

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administeredAs Transcaspian Oblast ⓘ
annexationContext Russian conquest of Central Asia ⓘ
annexedBy Russian Empire ⓘ
borderedBy Khanate of Bukhara ⓘ
surface form: Bukhara Emirate

Caspian Sea ⓘ
Khanate of Khiva ⓘ
surface form: Khiva Khanate

Persia ⓘ
capital Ashgabat ⓘ
containsPartOf Karakum Desert ⓘ
correspondsLargelyTo modern-day Turkmenistan ⓘ
dissolvedInto Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
ethnicallyDominatedBy Turkmens ⓘ
surface form: Turkmen peoples
formerColonialPower Russia ⓘ
governedBy Russian military authorities ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
historicalStatus colonial possession of the Russian Empire ⓘ
incorporationCompletedBy late 19th century ⓘ
languageOfAdministration Russian ⓘ
laterPartOf Soviet Union ⓘ
locatedEastOf Caspian Sea ⓘ
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
mainIndigenousLanguages Turkmen language ⓘ
surface form: Turkmen
majorCity Ashgabat ⓘ
Krasnovodsk ⓘ
Merv ⓘ
nameRefersTo lands beyond the Caspian Sea from a Russian perspective ⓘ
partOf Russian Empire ⓘ
Turkestan ⓘ
surface form: Russian Turkestan
presentDayTerritoryMostlyIn Turkmenistan ⓘ
presentDayTerritoryPartlyIn Kazakhstan ⓘ
Uzbekistan ⓘ
presentInCountry Kazakhstan ⓘ
Turkmenistan ⓘ
Uzbekistan ⓘ
religionMajorityHistorical Sunni Islam ⓘ
sovereignStateDuringRussianRule Russian Empire ⓘ
strategicImportance link between Russia and Central Asia ⓘ
terrainType desert ⓘ
traversedBy Trans-Caspian Railway ⓘ
usedAs military frontier region of the Russian Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Turkmens → historicalRegion → Transcaspia ⓘ
Panjdeh incident → location → Transcaspia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Transcaspian region
Yomut → historicalRegion → Transcaspia ⓘ
Saryk → historicallyLocatedIn → Transcaspia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Transcaspian region
Saryk Turkmens → historicalRegion → Transcaspia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Transcaspian region