The Russians At Merv And Herat

Author : Charles Marvin
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Total Pages : 558 pages
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Download or read book The Russians at Merv and Herat written by Charles Marvin and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Russians at Merv and Herat, and Their Power of Invading India is an account of Russian policy in Central Asia and of possible Russian intentions toward Afghanistan and India in the late 19th century, written from a British perspective. Topics covered include writings by Russian military officers on Central Asia and India; the analysis by the Russian general staff of the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80); the journeys by Russian diplomat Pavel M. Lessar from Ashgabad (present-day Ashqabat, Turkmenistan) to Sarakhs (in present-day Iran) and from Sarakhs to Herat, Afghanistan; Russian railroad construction in Central Asia; Russia's buildup of naval power in the Caspian Sea; and the development of the oil industry in Baku (present-day Azerbaijan). The book predicts that in a future crisis with Great Britain, Russia, unlike in previous crises or during the Crimean War, almost certainly would strike at British India. The author, Charles Thomas Marvin (1854-90), was a writer and one-time Foreign Office staff member who had lived many years in Russia, initially with his father, who was employed in Saint Petersburg, and later as a correspondent for a British newspaper. The book draws on interviews that Marvin conducted in 1882 with leading Russian military and political leaders, and contains translations of long excerpts from relevant Russian books and reports. It includes drawings by Russian artists, which, the author asserts, "are the first illustrations of Merv and the Turcoman region that have yet appeared in this country." The book contains three appendices, including a long essay on the Russian navy that is only partly related to the main subject of the work.

Author : Charles Marvin
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Download or read book The Russians at Merv and Herat written by Charles Marvin and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Marvin
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ISBN 13 : 9783348043489
Total Pages : 540 pages
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Download or read book Russians at Merv and Herat written by Charles Marvin and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-07 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Marvin
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ISBN 13 : 9780282466541
Total Pages : 552 pages
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Download or read book The Russians at Merv and Herat, and Their Power of Invading India (Classic Reprint) written by Charles Marvin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Russians at Merv and Herat, and Their Power of Invading India When one Of the principal feudatory princes of India instructs a London publishing house to purchase for him all the books that have been issued by English and European authors on the Central Asian Question, and to make a special point of acquiring such works as embody the Russian view of the problem, an excuse certainly seems to exist for an Englishman to call the attention of his countrymen to the remarkable changes that have taken place in that question since the annexa tion of Askabad and the evacuation of Candahar. Among those changes may be mentioned the introduc tion of the Caucasian factor into the Central Asian Question, the formation of a new base of operations beyond the Caspian infinitely stronger than the Turk estan one, the completion of railway communication between that base and Russia proper, the extraordinary development of the Caspian Marine, the opening up of commercial relations with Merv, the discovery by Lesser of an easy road to Herat, and the surveys of Russia for a railway, needing only a few millions to connect her Empire with India. In 1878, when Kaufmann assembled his troops on the Bokharan frontier to march upon Cabul and India, he was distant six months from the terminal point of I the Russian railway system - Orenburg. Were an advance ordered from Askabad to-morrow, the Russian commander would be only six days distant from the present terminal point of the railway system - Kizil Arvat. The expedition to the frontier of India in 1878 had before it a march of more than 700 miles to Cabul, a broad and rapid river, ill provided with boats, and the stupendous mountain range of the Hindoo Koosh, with passes feet high; to say nothing of the difficult highlands and deserts of Bokhara. Between Askabad and Herat today the distance is only 388 miles the highest point to traverse is a hill-crossing 900 feet above the surrounding locality, no river bars the road, no deserts intervene, and no point exists capable of arresting the Russian advance up to the very walls of the Key of India. Further, by our evacuation of Candahar, we have placed it in Russia's power to occupy Herat whenever she likes, a clear fortnight in advance of ourselves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Charles Marvin
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Total Pages : 254 pages
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Download or read book The Russians at the Gates of Herat written by Charles Marvin and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1885 Russia moved to take the Afghan city of Herat, which the British regarded as the "key of India". Marvin wrote and published this emergency international affairs analysis in eight days. His purpose was to garner support from the British government for military action--up to and including war--against Russia before it took Herat. Marvin believed that the Russians were aiming for India and his analysis is framed as such. At the time of writing, Russia had not yet taken Herat, so Marvin briefly describes the history of the movements leading up to it, followed by a warning of the dangers not only Russian occupation, but Russian railroads would have for the security of India. Marvin also briefly describes Afghanis--a description that denies their ability to control the country because of their tribal differences.

Author : Charles Marvin
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Total Pages : 204 pages
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Download or read book The Russians at the Gates of Herat written by Charles Marvin and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1885 Russia moved to take the Afghan city of Herat, which the British regarded as the "key of India". Marvin wrote and published this emergency international affairs analysis in eight days. His purpose was to garner support from the British government for military action--up to and including war--against Russia before it took Herat. Marvin believed that the Russians were aiming for India and his analysis is framed as such. At the time of writing, Russia had not yet taken Herat, so Marvin briefly describes the history of the movements leading up to it, followed by a warning of the dangers not only Russian occupation, but Russian railroads would have for the security of India. Marvin also briefly describes Afghanis--a description that denies their ability to control the country because of their tribal differences.

Author : Charles Thomas Marvin
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Total Pages : 42 pages
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Download or read book Russia's power of attacking India written by Charles Thomas Marvin and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Marvin
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Total Pages : 34 pages
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Download or read book Shall Russia Have Penjdeh? written by Charles Marvin and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 900 pages
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Download or read book National and English Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alexis Sidney Krausse
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Total Pages : 492 pages
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Download or read book Russia in Asia written by Alexis Sidney Krausse and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexis Sidney Krausse (1859-1904) was a British journalist and author who wrote for many British periodicals and produced books about a wide range of subjects, including poverty in the city of London, China and the Far East, and the Russian Empire. Russia in Asia: A Record and a Study, 1558-1899 is a history of Russia's expansion in Asia, beginning in 1558, the year Grigorii Stroganov received a charter from Ivan the Terrible to colonize lands on the Kama River on the western edge of the Ural Mountains. The book covers the absorption of Siberia, Russia's conquest of the khanates of Khiva and Bukhara, its late-19th century expansion into Turkestan, its annexation of lands previously belonging to Persia and China, railroad construction, and Russian policy toward Afghanistan. In the preface, Krausse writes that his book "does not profess to be more than a history, complete yet concise, of Asiatic Russia. In criticising the rival policies of Russia and England, my endeavour has been to present the clear and impartial deduction that a careful study of these policies yields." In fact the book is heavily biased against Russia, which is portrayed as inexorably expansionist and the "natural enemy" of Great Britain. Russia in Asia appeared in several editions, in Britain and the United States. Presented here is the first edition, published in London in 1899. It contains 12 maps and three appendices: a chronology of "Landmarks in the History of Asiatic Russia"; a compendium of the most important treaties and conventions between Russia and China, Persia, Afghanistan, and other polities on the southern rim of the Russian Empire; and a bibliography of authorities on Asiatic Russia and neighboring countries.