In his work, the author set the task of covering in detail the ties of Russia with Bukhara, Khiva, Kokand, Tashkent in the first half of the XIX century. against the broad background of the eastern policy of the Russian government and taking into account its various stages and trends. At that time, "capitalist relations were developing in our country, which caused an increase in interest in trade and political relations with the khanates of Central Asia (and not only with them) "; "the most serious socio-economic shifts in Russia (in connection with the Crimean War and the peasant "reform" of 1861) led to a revision of the foundations of tsarist policy" (p. 7), which subsequently led to the accession of Central Asia to Russia.