Economic Ties of Russian Settlers and Native Population of Turkestan in the end of the19th- the beginning of the 20th Centuries

The article analyses the issues of reclaiming of Turkestan by the Russian empire in the second half ofthe 19th - the beginning of the 20th century by means of creating in the region administrative andmilitary structures as well as by organizing Russian migrant settlements. It was revealed thatintheprocess of organization of urban and rural settlements Turkestan authorities took aimatkeeping a distance between native and migrant population. The article characterizes the condi-tions of granting land parcels for Russian settlers, the different categories and the number of coun-trymen coming to Turkestan. The article demonstrates various forms of economic interaction of settlers and native people in agri-cultural activities, everyday life, etc. An accent is put on the changes in the organization of livingspace under the influence of Turkestan climate peculiarities, different methods of managing agricul-tural food crops and commercial crops (cotton); the issues of irrigational activities, adoption of farmequipment and particular aspects of everyday life are being analyzed. The author makes a note that the interaction mostly took place in the economic and material spheres,and had fragmentary and episodic character that didn't lead to cardinal changes in the life of Russiansettlers' community and native people.