Reichskommissariat Turkestan

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Reichskommissariat Turkestan or Turkistan (RKT; lit. 'Reich Commissariat of Turkestan') was a projected Reichskommissariat (administrative entity) that Germany proposed to create in Russia and the Central Asian republics of the Soviet Union in its military conflict with that country during World War II. Soviet historian Lev Bezymenski claimed that the names Panturkestan, Großturkestan ('Greater Turkestan') and Mohammed-Reich ('Mohammedan Realm') were also considered for the territory. The proposal for a Reichskomissariat in this region was made by Nazi ideologist Alfred Rosenberg; however, it was rejected by Adolf Hitler who told Rosenberg that Nazi plans ought to be restricted to Europe for the time being.

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