Kaufman of Turkestan
An Assessment of His Administration 1867-1881
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4208196 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Mackenzie (0000-0002-5535-9964, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1967 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 265-285 |
| Publication date | 1967-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Slavic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-6779 • E-ISSN: 2325-7784 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2492454 |
| OpenAlex | W2329133221 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
On July 11, 1867, an imperial decree established the governor-generalship of Turkestan, inaugurating a significant experiment in Russian administration of Central Asia. On July 14 General Konstantin Petrovich fon-Kaufman (1818-82) was appointed Turkestan's first governor general. During the next fourteen years he rooted Russian colonial rule so firmly that subsequent incompetent governors could not overturn it. He began Turkestan's modernization, but his regime aroused intense controversy in Russia. Colleagues eulogized Kaufman as a talented organizer who won the loyalty and respect of both Russians and natives. Numerous critics, led by General M. G. Cherniaev, his successor (1882-84), castigated his administration. Kaufman's work was misrepresented by Eugene Schuyler, an American diplomat. Soviet historians either vilified him as an instrument of tsarist imperialism or relegated him to obscurity
Administration (probate law · Ancient history · Colonialism · Decree · Economic history · Governor · Modernization theory · Political science · Successor cardinal · History · Law · Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation · Soviet and Russian History
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1970 - 2015 (46) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |