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  2. Great Game - Wikipedia

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    British-Russian competition also existed in Tibet and "Inner Asia". Strategists of the Russian Empire sought to create a springboard to surround the Qing dynasty in Inner Asia as well as a second front against British India from the northeast direction. [3] Nain Singh Rawat (1830-1882), a surveyor employed by the British to explore the Himalayas

  3. Anglo-Russian War (1807–1812) - Wikipedia

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    The Anglo-Russian War was a war between the United Kingdom and the Russian Empire which lasted from 2 September 1807 to 18 July 1812 during the Napoleonic Wars. It began after Russia signed the Treaty of Tilsit with the First French Empire , which ended hostilities between the two nations.

  4. List of largest empires - Wikipedia

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    The British Empire (red) and Mongol Empire (blue) were the largest and second-largest empires in history, respectively. The precise extent of either empire at its greatest territorial expansion is a matter of debate among scholars.

  5. Russia–United Kingdom relations - Wikipedia

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    The Russian embassy in London, 1662 The Old English Court in Moscow – headquarters of the Muscovy Company and the residence of English ambassadors in the 17th century. The Kingdom of England and Tsardom of Russia established relations in 1553 when English navigator Richard Chancellor arrived in Arkhangelsk – at which time Mary I ruled England and Ivan the Terrible ruled Russia.

  6. Anglo-Russian Convention - Wikipedia

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    The emergence of the German Empire as a world power and the defeat in 1905 of Russia by a nascent Asian power, the Empire of Japan, in the Russo-Japanese War, helped to persuade some British and Russian officials of a need to resolve their respective differences in Asia.

  7. Russian imperialism - Wikipedia

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    In the south, the Great Game was a political and diplomatic confrontation that existed for most of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century between the British Empire and the Russian Empire over Central and South Asia.

  8. Russia warns Britain it could strike back after Cameron ...

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    MOSCOW/LONDON (Reuters) -Russia warned Britain on Monday that if British weapons were used by Ukraine to strike Russian territory then Moscow could hit back at British military installations and ...

  9. List of wars involving the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    British Empire France Italy Russian Empire Austria-Hungary (until 12 April 1898) German Empire (until 16 March 1898) Ottoman Empire: British victory. Establishment of the Cretan State. Withdraw of Ottoman forces from Crete. Benin Expedition of 1897 (1897) United Kingdom Kingdom of Benin: British victory: Tirah Campaign (1897–1898) India ...