<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Phakathi nale nkathi iRussia  <response>: lanweba umbuso walo e-Asia Ephakathi, lanqoba amaKhanate aseKokand, eBukhara, naseKhiva, kanye nesifunda saseTrans-Caspian. Ukuthuthuka kweRussia e-Asia kwabangela ukwesaba kwaseBrithani kokuthi amaRashiya ayehlele ukuhlasela iBrithani India. Ngaphambi kuka-1815 iLondon yayikhathazekile ngokuthi uNapoleon wayezohlangana neRussia ukuze enze lokho emkhankasweni owodwa onamandla. Ngemva kuka-1815 iLondon yesaba ukuthi iRussia iyodwa yayizokwenza isinyathelo ngesinyathelo. URudyard Kipling wayibiza ngokuthi iMidlalo Emikhulu futhi leli gama lasakazeka. Nokho izazi-mlando zibika ukuthi amaRashiya awazange abe nanhloso yokulwa neNdiya. 