As soon as the Russian conquest of the Caucasus was completed in the late 1850s, the Russian Ministry of War began to send military forces against the Central Asian khanates.
Segera setelah penaklukan Rusia dari Kaukasus selesai pada akhir 1850-an, oleh karena itu, Rusia Departemen Perang mulai mengirim pasukan militer terhadap khanat Asia Tengah.