THE CONQUER OF KARAKALPAK LAND BY RUSSIAN TROOPS (1873)

This article examines in detail the reasons behind the military campaigns of Tsarist Russia against the lands of the Karakalpaks and the Khivan Khanate. Firstly, based on archival data, the article investigates the number of armed forces that attacked the Khivan Khanate under the leadership of General Governor of Turkestan, von K.P.Kaufman. Based on historical evidence, the article mentions the aggressive movements into the territories of Kungrad, Khojeyli, and Mangyt, where the Russian army reached through the Orenburg and Mangyshlak detachments after the defeat of the Khivan Khanate.In particular, the article highlights the military operations that occurred in the city of Mangyt, with additions from the information of M.Y.Bayaniy and Colonel M.Ali Khanav-Avarsky. Alongside this, the article examines the drafting of the Gendimiyan Agreement, a treaty concluded as a result of the seizure of the lands of the Karakalpaks and the Khivan Khanate.