However, the two nations battled in the Crimean War from 1853 to 1856, which impacted the Great Game. Though the Great Game was marked by distrust, diplomatic intrigue, and regional wars, it never erupted into a full-scale war directly between Russian and British colonial forces. The Great Game as a legend Mythologized aspects of the Great Game Role of legends and mysticism in the Great Game.Historiographical interpretations of the Great Game Allegation that "Britain had lost the Great Game by 1842" "The British colluded with the Russians over Central Asia".Historiographical dating Soviet Great Game.Diplomacy Agreement Between Great Britain and Russia 1873 Treaty of Gandamak, 1879 Protocol Between Great Britain and Russia 1885 Agreement Between Great Britain and Afghanistan 1893 Exchange of Notes Between Great Britain and Russia 1895 Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907.Further expansion Under the British Crown Under Alexander II of Russia.Early explorations and accounts East India Company Afghanistan and Central Asia.Beginnings Britain's perspective Russia's perspective.
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