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  • 4 - From Ayaguz to Almaty: The Conquest and Settlement of Semirechie, 1843–82

  • Alexander Morrison, New College, Oxford
  • Book:
    The Russian Conquest of Central Asia
    Published online:
    19 November 2020
    Print publication:
    10 December 2020, pp 168-215

  • Summary

    By the end of the nineteenth century Semirechie would be known as the ‘granary of Central Asia’, and the only significant Russian settler colony in Turkestan, but in the 1840s it was still largely populated by Kyrgyz and Qazaq nomadic pastoralists under the contested rule of the Khoqand Khanate. Russian contacts with Qazaq Chinggissids of the Great Horde dated back to the early 1800s, but a Russian military presence came only in the 1840s, with the construction of fortresses at Kopal and Lepsinsk, before they crossed the Ili river to found Fort Vernoe in 1854. In 1860 Khoqandi forces suffered a shattering defeat at the Battle of Uzun-Agach, paving the way for extensive Cossack and peasant settlement in Semirechie’s gentle climate. In 1871 the Russians seized the Upper Ili Valley, which had seen a rebellion against Chinese rule in 1866. In 1881, however, following the reconquest of the region by the Qing, they returned the territory to them – the only instance of this happening throughout the whole history of the conquest.

  • The affective politics of sovereignty: reflecting on the 2010 conflict in Kyrgyzstan

  • David Gullette, John Heathershaw
  • Journal:
    Nationalities Papers / Volume 43 / Issue 1 / January 2015
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    20 November 2018, pp. 122-139
    Print publication:
    January 2015

  • This article examines the concept of sovereignty in elite and popular affection during the violent and turbulent events from April to October 2010 in the Kyrgyz Republic. Nationalist leaders promoted Kyrgyz ethnic values and ideals as the center of sovereignty held by some to be under threat. These events exemplify what we describe as the affective politics of sovereignty. We explore how emotion, in particular, serves as an important component of the constitution of sovereignty as both an international and popular institution. We explore how Kyrgyz identity has become intertwined with the sovereignty of Kyrgyzstan and clashes with Western multi-ethnic conceptions and practices.