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Russian Turkestan
Russian Turkestan
(,
Russkiy Turkestan
) was the western part of
Turkestan
within the
Russian Empire
(administered as a
Krai
or
Governor-Generalship
), comprising the oasis region to the south of the
Kazakh
steppes, but not the protectorates of the
Emirate of Bukhara
and the
Khanate of Khiva
.
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