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Paul's great game: Russia's plan to invade British India

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  • David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye

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This article examines the ill-fated Russian expedition to conquer British India in 1801 with a Cossack host via Central Asia. Undertaken by Emperor Paul I during his brief diplomatic dalliance with Napoleon, the enterprise proved highly unrealistic and was abandoned less than a month after it began. I pay special attention to the knowledge that officials in Saint Petersburg had about the regions to be traversed. I conclude that, despite British fears of a tsarist overland invasion of their South Asian possessions during much of the nineteenth century, this poorly planned mission was the only Russian attempt ever made.

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  • David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, 2014. "Paul's great game: Russia's plan to invade British India," Central Asian Survey, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(2), pages 143-152, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ccasxx:v:33:y:2014:i:2:p:143-152
    DOI: 10.1080/02634937.2014.909672
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