Using Russian troops in Central Asian protectorates
The paper analyzes the legal aspects of using Russian troops in the Bukhara Emirate, Khiva and Kokand Khanates, the protectorates of the Russian Empire. When covering the military actions of the Turkestan governor-generalship, the focus is on their political and diplomatic justification, and on their role in maintaining peace and stability in the area. It shows that as the Russian influence in Central Asia was strengthened, the need to use major military forces diminished, and at times it sufficed to keep a purely token contingent in Bukhara or Khiva to stabilize the situation.