Ka cika wannan magana: Rashin jituwa ya ƙaru sosai a Asiya ta Tsakiya a cikin Babban Wasan ƙarshen ƙarni na 19. Rasha tana son tashar jiragen ruwa mai ruwan zafi a Tekun Indiya yayin da Birtaniyya ke son hana sojojin Rasha samun damar mamayewa zuwa Indiya. A cikin 1885 Rasha ta haɗu da wani ɓangare na Afghanistan a cikin abin da ya faru na Panjdeh, wanda ya haifar da fargabar yaƙi. Bayan kusan kammala
Rushewar Rasha na Asiya ta Tsakiya (Turkestan na Rasha) Rasha ta kama wani sansanin soja na Afghanistan. Ganin barazana ga Indiya, Birtaniyya ta kusa da barazanar yaki amma bangarorin biyu sun ja da baya kuma an sasanta batun ta hanyar diflomasiyya. Sakamakon shi ne dakatar da ƙarin fadada Rasha a Asiya, ban da tsaunukan Pamir da kuma bayyana iyakar arewa maso yammacin Afghanistan. Duk da haka ministan harkokin wajen Rasha Nikolay Girs da jakadansa a London Baron de Staal a 1887 sun kafa yankin buffer a Asiya ta Tsakiya. Ta haka diplomasiyyar Rasha ta sami yardar Birtaniya ta karɓar karuwarta. Farisa ma filin wasa ne na tashin hankali, amma ba tare da yaƙi ba.