Kenesary's Rebellion | ||||||||
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Part of Kazakh rebellions and the Russian conquest of Central Asia | ||||||||
Cossack raid on the Kazakh settlement, Nikolay Karazin | ||||||||
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Supported by: | Kokand Khanate (1841–1845) | |||||||
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| 20,000[3] (1844–1845) | 5,000 (1841) |
Kenesary's Rebellion (Kazakh: Кенесары көтерілісі, romanized: Kenesary köterılısı) was the longest uprising of the Kazakh people on the territory of modern Kazakhstan under the leadership of Khan Kenesary Qasymov against the Russian Empire.