great game

The Russo Persian War of 1804-1813 was simultaneous to, and deeply affected by, the Napoleonic Wars. The Qajar dynasty, young, unstable and weak, sought foreign aid to turn its army into a force capable of standing up to the Russians, but the shifting dynamics in Europe screwed them over: the...

IOTL, after the defeat of the Dungan Revolt in the late 1860's, Qing China was in the process of reoccupying Xinjiang. One surprisingly stretched incident (lasting 9 to 10 years) was the Russian occupation of the Ili River region in western Xinjiang, serving to secure Russia's foothold in...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Game https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_conquest_of_Central_Asia Speaking of The Great Game, i recommend to watch this awesome documentary: https://youtu.be/6a7bP49ehKQ , https://youtu.be/3Re4x0dizlM Assuming if the Russians were aware of...

OTL, the Sino-Russian border goes from the Mongolian-Russian-Chinese tripoint along the Argun river, stops at the confluence of the Ussuri river, then runs south along the Ussuri until it reaches the Tumen river. This border was determined by a series of Sino-Russian border agreements throughout...

Before starting, let me clarify two things: I'm not S.M. Stirling, and I know that it is impossible for Russia to integrate any han majority area of China, it doesn't matter how far away we put the PoD. Second, I'm not praising russian imperialism or anything like that. Here is the scenario...

The title says all. Let's say that the japanese fail to put a Meiji, or the Russians decides to focus on China earlier than OTL, how much of China can Russia annex?

With a POD as early as you like, but preferably post 1836, make Hawaii a Russian territory much like Alaska. You may include other Pacific islands as well. Given the well-known shortcomings of Russia in the Pacific IOTL, you may have these territories sold or lost in a war later on.

During the decades of the Great Game, did official US policy favor Britain, favor Russia, or favor neither? What US interests, if any, were at stake during the Game? And for that matter, how did the Game play out in North America between Russian Alaska and British Canada, and what did the US...