Travels through the Kazakh steppes and Turkestan region
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The work of Alexei Maksheyev is a detailed account of his expeditions to the Kazakh steppe and Turkestan in 1848, 1851 and 1853. The author, a lieutenant general and military topographer, describes the development of the region by the Russian Empire, the construction of fortifications, the supply of troops, military campaigns and relations with the Kazakhs, their life and traditions. The central place is occupied by the story of the storming of the Ak-Mechet fortress (1853). Maksheyev describes in detail the preparation, tactics, course of the siege and assault, the significance of this victory for the further advance of Russia into Central Asia. In addition to military topics, the book contains valuable information on geography, climate, economics and ethnography. This is an important historical source, interesting to researchers of the development of Turkestan, the life of the Kazakhs and Russian colonial-expansionist policy in the 19th century.
