A NEW APPROACH AND ANALYSIS TO THE ISSUE OF GREAT GAME IN MODERN WESTERN HISTORIOGRAPHY
Аннотация
There are some such problems in world history that do not lose its relevance and significance over the years. As one of such problems, we should mention the English-Russian competition, which began in Asia in the middle of the XIX century, that is, the policy of the “Great game”. This issue is reflected in the Monographs of major historians, politicians and experts of the world, in the articles of many textbooks, magazines and newspapers devoted to international relations and diplomacy. Initially, the process of the struggle between the two imperialist countries England and Russia, which began, over the years, has accumulated a huge number of countries around itself. This area of struggle covered very large areas of the Eurasian region and brought out political, economic, social problems, which were extremely complex. In the following article, the conflict of interests of the imperialist powers in Central Asia, the emergence of a sharp geopolitical situation are analyzed from the point of view of historiography.