Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muganhu uyu wakagara nhaka kubva kumuganhu wekare wePersia neUSSR, uyo wakanyanya kutora chimiro chayo chazvino mukati mezana ramakore rechi19 mushure mekunge
Kukundwa kweCentral Asia neRussia uye kubatanidzwa kweKokand Khanate neBukhara Emirate muna 1865-68. Muna 1869 Persia neRussia dzakabvumirana kuti rwizi Atrek rwaizova muganhu pakati pavo. Muganhu uyu wakasimbiswa ndokuzowedzerwa kumabvazuva kusvika kunharaunda yeAshgabat muna 1881 zvichitevera kumwe kufambira mberi kweRussia kupinda munyika dzeTurkmen, uyezve kumuganhu neAfghanistan muna 1893; kumwezve kugadziriswa kwemuganhu uyu kwakaitika mumakore akatevera. Dzimwe shanduko diki dzakaitwa munguva ya1954-57 apo Iran neUSSR (sezvavaive iye zvino) vakabvumirana kunyatsojekesa muganho wavo wakajairika, kusanganisira dunhu reAtrek delta iro rakanga rachinja kubva ipapo nekuda kwekudzikira kweGungwa reCaspian.