Junior Zhuz accepts Russian protection
Khan Abulkhair seeks Empress Anna's protection from the Dzungars
After devastating Dzungar raids, Abulkhair, khan of the Junior Zhuz, asked the Russian Empire for protection and in October 1731 swore an oath before Muhammad Tevkelev's embassy; many biys opposed it. Russian historiography calls it the start of the Kazakhs' entry into the empire, Kazakh historians a forced alliance followed by gradual conquest.
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