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The 1860's was a time of rapid Russian imperial expansion in Central Asia undertaken by an impoverished government whose main efforts were being devoted to domestic reform. These overland advances into the heart of Asia preceded by a decade or more renewed overseas expansion by Great Britain and France. I Soviet and western historians have long debated the causes of L, Russia's conquest of Central Asia.' Certainly economic factors such : as the desire to expand Russian trade, obtain raw materials, and secure markets were important. But considerations of power and prestige appear to have played an even greater part in causing the Russian advance. Much of Central Asia constituted a power vacuum lying between the British and Russian spheres of influence; it was I virtually inevitable that one power or the other would fill the void. Central Asian geography favored Russia because there were no , important obstacles to an advance from the steppe to the north nor was there a genuine natural frontier short of the Hindu Kush range. Russian military men argued that limited expansion which would close the gap in its lines of steppe fortifications would establish a shorter, more defensible frontier, safeguard friendly
Canadian-American Slavic Studies – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1969
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