Historical, Philosophical, Political and Law Sciences, Culturology and Study of Art. Issues of Theory and Practice. Tambov: Gramota, 2014. № 5. Part 3. P. 173-178.
G. CURZON AND THE POLICY OF THE ANGLO-INDIAN GOVERNMENT REGARDING AFGHANISTAN IN 1901-1904
Simonov Konstantin Viktorovich
Voronezh State Institute of Physical Culture
Abstract. The author studies one of the most important stages of the history of the Anglo-Afghan relations at the beginning of the XX century, when on the viceroy of India G. Curzon’ initiative the attempts of direct military and political pressure on Kabul were made. The aim of these attempts was to turn Afghan territory into the sphere of the predominant British influence. The attitude of the emir Habibullah Khan was pointed at the maintenance of the whole system of the Anglo-Afghan relations as they were, without any revision of them.
Key words and phrases: Великобритания, Афганистан, англо-индийское правительство, колониальная политика, территориальные споры, внешняя политика, дипломатия, Great Britain, Afghanistan, the Anglo-Indian government, colonial policy, territorial disputes, foreign policy, diplomac
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