The Great Game

The Great Game is a term, usually attributed to Arthur Connolly, used to describe the rivalry and strategic conflict between the British Empire and the Tsarist Russian Empire for supremacy in Central Asia. The term was later popularized by British novelist Rudyard Kipling in his work, Kim. In Russia the same rivalry and strategic conflict was known as the Tournament of Shadows (Турниры теней). The classic Great Game period is generally regarded as running from approximately 1813 to the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907. Following the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 a second less intensive phase followed.

Related Topics:
Arthur Connolly - British Empire - Tsar - Russian Empire - Central Asia - British - Novelist - Rudyard Kipling - Kim - 1813 - 1907 - Bolshevik Revolution - 1917

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