THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS OF THE RADICAL CHANGE IN THE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE WITH THE REGIONS OF CENTRAL ASIA IN THE 60S OF THE XIX CENTURY

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This article will reveal the physiological and economic foundations of the radical turn of the Russian Empire in relations with Central Asia, which took place precisely from the middle of the XIX century. In particular, it has been shown that there are also several external influences in combination with domestic needs such as owning a market with the purchasing power of industrial products that are developing in the country, meeting the demand for cotton raw materials that have arisen, expanding their territory at the expense of southern borders. In this regard, these include the defeat in the Crimean War, the inability to compete with the Western European powers, the need to have its own influence in Central Asia in order to gain an advantage over the Balkan issue.