AFGHANISTAN AS A THEATER OF WAR WITH RUSSIA” IN DISCUSSION OF THE BRITISH HIGH COMMAND IN THE 80 S. OF XIX CENTURY
The author analyzes in this article the activities of the British high command in the 80s of the XIXcentury in planning military operations against Russia in Afghanistan and adjacent territories, based on documents from the British archives. The research interest is based on the reassessment of the point of view established in historical works on the issue of the transformation of the British military strategy in Central Asia in the period indicated by the chronological framework.