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Miniatures Adventure => Back of Beyond => Topic started by: Mike Blake on November 26, 2020, 12:18:25 PM
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02634937.2014.916110?scroll=top&needAccess=true&journalCode=ccas20
Probably already found but better twice than not at all. Not read yet so no idea of worth.
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Interesting and rare to find sources in English for that subject but at 39 Euro to read just an article on line? :o I prefer spend them on a passable champagne bottle
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Ha, I read this just last week!
It features plenty of stuff from before our period starts and emphasizes how poorly equipped and trained the Bukharans were, in three separate 'stages' of conquest by the Russians. It also talks about how different Bukharan factions (courtly intrigues, the religious fanatics, etc.) helped contribute to overall defeat and subjugation to Russia.
The fact that the Russians had some degree of proficiency with their artillery also had a big impact - often major disparities in casualty counts because the Russians would blast away and follow-up with an assault, whereas the Bukharan guns were really quite ineffectual (even if they did have some deserter Russians to try and improve the overall skill level).
Might make for a fun matrix game / campaign with plenty of role-playing elements, or indeed a very niche megagame...
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Interesting and rare to find sources in English for that subject but at 39 Euro to read just an article on line? :o I prefer spend them on a passable champagne bottle
lol lol lol Me too, unless you can access your sons academic account, in which case it’s free! Pass the Champers!
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If you are in the UK you can get a copy through Access to Research http://www.accesstoresearch.org.uk/