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Siege of Khujand
	Part of The Russian conquest of Central Asia
	; Gates of Khujand after capture
Date	19 May – 25 May 1866
Location	Khujand
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Khujand
Commanders and leaders
Dmitry Romanovsky [ru]	Unknown
Casualties and losses
5 killed; 65 wounded; 6 missing	Over 2,500 killed

The siege of Khujand took place from May 19 to May 25 1866, during the Russian conquest of Central Asia.

Background

The city of Khujand was historically contested between the Khanate of Kokand and the Emirate of Bukhara. In practice, the city held extreme autonomy from both states, hosting both independent powers of governance, and a corresponding local identity and patriotism.^[1]^[2] After the fall of Tashkent in 1865 it was seized from Kokand by Bukhara, but only a year later Khujand would assert full independence after the fall of Irjar [ru].^[2]

Prelude

Khujand

Siege

The Russian plan of siege and assault

Walls destroyed during the siege

Aftermath

Notes

References

^ Morrison 2021, p. 276.
^ ^a ^b Mamadaliev 2014, p. 171-172.

Citations

Abaza, Konstantin Konstantinovich (1902). Завоевание Туркестана [Conquest of Turkestan] (in Russian). Saint Petersburg: Publishing House of Mikhail Stasyulevich.

Terentyev, Mikhail Afrikanovich (1906). Историю завоевания Средней Азии [The history of the conquest of Central Asia] (in Russian). Vol. 1. Saint Petersburg.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Pierce, Richard (1960). Russian Central Asia 1867-1917: A Study in Colonial Rule. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-52031-774-1.

Mamadaliev, Inomjon (2014). "The defence of Khujand in 1866 through the eyes of Russian officers". Central Asian Survey. 33 (2): 170–179.

Morrison, Alexander (2021). The Russian conquest of Central Asia: a study in imperial expansion, 1814-1914. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-03030-5.

[FOOTNOTEMorrison2021276-1] Morrison 2021, p. 276.

[FOOTNOTEMamadaliev2014171-172-2] Mamadaliev 2014, p. 171-172.

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