Domestic Journalism About Russian-British Contradictions in Central Asia in the Late Xix Century

Abstract

The article deals with the assessment of the opposition between Russia and Great Britain in Central Asia given by a number of Russian periodicals of the late 19th century. The purpose of the article is to systematize and reconstruct the views of publicists on the policies of the two empires in the region strategically important for them. The domestic publicists' interpretations of the main components of the Russian-British contradictions are analyzed. The arguments used by some publicists to justify the activities of the Russian government in op