Middle Horde

The topic Middle Horde is discussed in the following articles:

history of Kazakstan

  • TITLE: Kazakhstan
    SECTION: Kazakhstan to c. 1700 ce
    ...for the khanate to disintegrate into three separate “hordes.” These were, from east to west, the Great Horde, in present-day southeastern Kazakhstan north of the Tien Shan; the Middle Horde, in the central steppe region east of the Aral Sea; and the Little Horde, between the Aral Sea and the Ural River. In each horde the authority of the khan tended to be curtailed by the...
  • TITLE: Kazakhstan
    SECTION: Russian and Soviet rule
    Some Kazakhs believed that the Russian presence might at least provide some security against Dzungar raids, and in 1731 the Little Horde accepted Russian protection, followed by the Middle Horde in 1740 and by part of the Great Horde in 1742, although its effect upon the Dzungars was to prove minimal. Finally, after a series of ineffectual Kazakh uprisings of which the most extensive was that...