Issues of Modern Research: Problems, Solutions and Results

Abstract

In the second half of the XIX century. most of Central Asia was turned into a colony of the
Russian Empire. The conquered territories were being prepared for full or partial
incorporation into the empire, and a developed system of colonial administration was formed
here. In 1865, the Turkestan region was formed in the occupied territories of Central Asia as
part of the Orenburg Governor General. According to the Provisional Regulations "On the
Administration of the Turkestan Region", military and civil power in the new region was
concentrated in the hands of the military governor.