FROM THE HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF THE JIZZAH TERRITORY BY THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE

Abstract

Based on the study of archival documents, memoirs and literature,
the article highlights the phased conquest campaign of the Russian Empire on the
territory of Jizzakh. In 1866, the military governor of the Turkestan region,
General D. Romanovsky, continued the offensive against the Emirate of Bukhara.
As a result of continuous armed offensives that continued from early spring to late
autumn, despite the stubborn resistance of the troops and the population of
Turkestan, the imperial army occupied Khojent, Ura-tepa, Zomin, Jizzakh with
great effort and loss. In order to legalize his colonial goals, in 1867, Emperor
Alexander II decided to immediately include the conquered territories in the
Russian Empire and create a separate Turkestan Governor-General.