Russian–Turkmen conflicts

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military conflict series of wars

The Russian–Turkmen conflicts were a series of 19th-century military campaigns and clashes between the expanding Russian Empire and Turkmen tribes that played a key role in bringing Turkmen territories under Russian control.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Russian–Turkmen conflicts canonical	1
Russo–Central Asian wars	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military conflict ⓘ series of wars ⓘ
cause	Russian efforts to secure southern frontier ⓘ Russian imperial expansion ⓘ desire to control caravan routes ⓘ
characterizedBy	cavalry raids ⓘ harsh reprisals against Turkmen settlements ⓘ sieges of Turkmen fortresses ⓘ
conflictBetween	Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkmen tribes NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	1880s ⓘ
followedBy	full Russian administrative control over Turkmenistan ⓘ
hasPart	Akhal-Teke campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Geok Tepe (1881) NERFINISHED ⓘ Krasnovodsk expeditions NERFINISHED ⓘ Merv campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ clashes with Teke Turkmen NERFINISHED ⓘ clashes with Yomud Turkmen NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion	Akhal region NERFINISHED ⓘ Kopet Dag foothills NERFINISHED ⓘ Merv oasis NERFINISHED ⓘ
impact	decline of Turkmen tribal autonomy ⓘ integration of Turkmen regions into Russian economic system ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Asia ⓘ Transcaspian region NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkmen territories ⓘ
mainBelligerent	Ersari Turkmen NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Russian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Teke Turkmen NERFINISHED ⓘ Yomud Turkmen NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent	nomadic Turkmen tribes ⓘ
opposingCommander	Teke tribal leaders ⓘ
partOf	Great Game NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian conquest of Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Russian conquest of Bukhara NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian conquest of Khiva NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian conquest of Kokand NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Russian victory ⓘ establishment of Transcaspian Oblast ⓘ incorporation of Turkmen lands into Russian Empire ⓘ
significantCommander	Aleksandr Komarov NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikhail Skobelev NERFINISHED ⓘ Nikolai Lomakin NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	storming of Geok Tepe fortress NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1860s ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
territorialChange	Russian control over Merv oasis ⓘ annexation of Akhal-Teke oasis by Russia ⓘ

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Subject: Russian–Turkmen conflicts
Description of subject: The Russian–Turkmen conflicts were a series of 19th-century military campaigns and clashes between the expanding Russian Empire and Turkmen tribes that played a key role in bringing Turkmen territories under Russian control.

Referenced by (2)

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Russian conquest of Central Asia → hasPart → Russian–Turkmen conflicts ⓘ

Uzbek khanates → conflict → Russian–Turkmen conflicts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russo–Central Asian wars