Khivan campaign of 1839

Russo-Khivan War of 1839–1840
Part of Russian conquest of Turkestan
Date 10 October 1839 – June 1840 Location Khiva (present-day western Uzbekistan, southwestern Kazakhstan and much of Turkmenistan) Result Khivan-Kazakh military victory Russian invasion of Khiva repelled
Belligerents
Khiva Junior jüz	Russia
Commanders and leaders
Allah Quli Bahadur Makhambet Otemisuly	Nicholas I Vasily Perovsky
Strength
unknown	6651 troops
Casualties and losses
unknown	2,500 killed or died of diseases

The Russo-Khivan War of 1839–1840 was a failed Russian attempt to conquer the Khanate of Khiva. Vasily Perovsky set out from Orenburg with 5,000 men, met an unusually cold winter, lost most of his camels, and was forced to turn back after going halfway.

Russians attacked Khiva four times. Around 1602, some free Cossacks made three raids on Khiva. In 1717, Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky attacked Khiva and was soundly defeated, only a few men escaping to tell the tale. After the Russian defeat in 1839–1840, Khiva was finally conquered by the Russians during the Khivan campaign of 1873.