Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1819-4907 (Print)
ISSN 2542-1913 (Online)


среднеазиатская политика России

V. A. Perovsky’s campaign to the Ak Mosque in 1853

This article focuses on the military expedition of Orenburg and Samara Governor-General V. A. Perovsky against important Kokand fortress AK-Mosque that stood by the river Syrdarya in 1853, which resulted in the capture of the Kokand fortresses and the stabilization of the situation in the Central Asian caravan routes in the middle of the XIX century.