Geok-Tepe
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Geok-Tepe (or Geok Depe) is a former fortress of the Turkmens, in Turkmenistan, in the oasis of Akhal-tekke, on the Transcaspian railway, 28 miles north-west of Ashkhabad.
In December 1880 Geok Tepe was attacked by 6 000 Russians under General Mikhail Skobelev, and after the siege of Geok-Tepe lasting twenty-three days the city was taken by storm, although the defenders numbered 25 000.
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