Conditions in Central Asia begin to change…
1888 CE to 1899 CE
In the 1890s, several revolts, which are put down easily, lead to increased Russian vigilance in the region.
The Russians increasingly intrude in the internal affairs of the khanates.
The only avenue for Uzbek resistance to Russian rule becomes the Pan-Turkish movement, also known as Jadidism, which had arisen in the 1860s among intellectuals who seek to preserve indigenous Islamic Central Asian culture from Russian encroachment.