Kazakh-Dzungar Wars ( 1643 – 1756 ) were a series of long conflicts between the Kazakh Juzes and Dzungar Khanate . The strategic goal for the Dzungars was to increase their territories by taking neighboring lands that were part of the Kazakh Khanate . The Dzungars were not only seen as a threat by the Kazakhs , but for the rest of Central Asia and the Russian Empire itself . As a result of instabilities and local conflicts , as well as several wars with the Kazakh Khanate and the Qing Dynasty , the Dzungar Khanate ceased to exist when 90 % of the population were killed by the Qing army in the Dzungar genocide
Dzungar genocide
Dzungar genocide
Kazakh-Dzungar Wars