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Siege of Khujand

Siege of Khujand was a siege conducted in 1866 at Khujand, in what is now Tajikistan. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Khujand. It was part of the Russian-Kokand War, which ran from 1850 to 1868. The recorded result: Russian victory.

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Title: Osada i shturm ukrieplennago goroda Khodzhenta s 17 po 24 Maia 1866 goda. / Chertil Topograph U.O. Filippov. Abstract/medium: 1 drawing : map, hand-colored.
Title: Osada i shturm ukrieplennago goroda Khodzhenta s 17 po 24 Maia 1866 goda. / Chertil Topograph U.O. Filippov. Abstract/medium: 1 drawing : map, hand-colored.. Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1866
WhereKhujand, Tajikistan40.279N, 69.632E, placed at the location, approximate
OutcomeRussian victory
BelligerentsRussian EmpireagainstKhujand
Part ofRussian-Kokand War1850 to 1868

Where it sits in the Russian-Kokand War

Siege of Ak-Mechet, 1853Battle of Uzunogoch, 1860Siege of Khujand, 186618531866Siege of Khujand, 1866
3 placed engagements of the Russian-Kokand War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1866 (year precision)
to 1866
PlaceKhujand, Tajikistan
40.279N, 69.632E
KindSiege, nineteenth century
Casualties and losses5 killed; 65 wounded; 57–65 contused; 6 missing
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Placed at Khujand; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

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Siege of Khujand is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 12 in present-day Tajikistan.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q97007502, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Khujand, revision 1375961179, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.