"Geok-Tepe Massacre: Forgetting To Remember In Turkmenistan" Topic
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| Tango01 | 22 Jan 2019 3:54 p.m. PST |
"….Memory Day marks a black moment in the history of the Turkmen; their disastrous defeat at the fortress of Geok-Tepe in 1881. The battle was the last major battle tsarist forces would fight against the Turkmen and the area that is now Turkmenistan would remain under Moscow's control from then until 1991. For the Turkmen, the defeat at Geok-Tepe was not simply a loss; it was a catastrophe. Tsarist forces had been steadily moving from their Caspian coast bases into the land of Turkmenistan since the early 1870s. The Turkmen at that time were nomadic raiders of the desert and had lived for centuries plundering caravans and taking slaves, including Russians who began to show up in the area in the 18th century as the tsarist army spearheaded Russia's expansion into Central Asia…."
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