Russian Turkestan
1867–1917 governorate-general of the Russian Empire / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Russian Turkestan (Russian: Русский Туркестан, romanized: Russkiy Turkestan) was the western part of Turkestan within the Russian Empire’s Central Asian territories, and was administered as a Krai or Governor-Generalship. It comprised the oasis region to the south of the Kazakh Steppe, but not the protectorates of the Emirate of Bukhara and the Khanate of Khiva.
1867–1917 governorate-general of the Russian Empire
| Russian Turkestan Русский Туркестан | |||||||||||||||
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| Governorate−General of Russian Empire | |||||||||||||||
| 1867–1917 | |||||||||||||||
 Coat of arms
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 Provinces of Russian Turkestan in 1900 | |||||||||||||||
| Anthem | |||||||||||||||
| Bozhe, Tsarya khrani! Боже, Царя храни! "God Save the Tsar!" | |||||||||||||||
| Capital | Tashkent | ||||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||||
• (1897) | 1,707,003 km2 (659,078 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||||
• (1897) | 5,280,983 | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
• Established | 23rd July 1867 | ||||||||||||||
| 1917 | |||||||||||||||
| Political subdivisions | Oblasts: 5 (since 1899) | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Uzbekistan Turkmenistan | ||||||||||||||
