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During the Russian conquest several exploringexploratory expeditions reached here, but the main fightingbattle was at [[Geok Tepe]] – (see [[Battle of Geok Tepe (1879)]] and [[Battle of Geok Tepe]] (1881)). The modern city was established in 1881 with a station on the [[Trans-Caspian Railway]].<ref>''Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer'', p. 958</ref>

In July 1918, following his declaration of [[martial law]] in [[Ashgabat]], Commissar V. Frolov, head of the [[Tashkent]] [[Cheka]], came to Kyzyl-Arvat to impose the authority of the [[Tashkent Soviet]]. However the [[railway]] workers had heard of his execution of [[Strike action|strike]] leaders in Ashgabat and organised an armed response. He was shot with some of his followers and the rest were disarmed. This action opened the way to the formation of the [[Transcaspian Government]].<ref>''The British Intervention in Transcaspia, 1918–1919'' by C. H. Ellis, University of California Press, 1963 p26p. 26</ref>

On 25 June 1957, the Soviet [[58th Motor Rifle Division]] was established in Kyzyl-Arvat, from the 58th Rifle Division which had arrived years earlier.<ref name=Rifle>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/army/msd/58msd.htm|title=58th Motorised Rifle Division|last=Michael Holm|website=www.ww2.dk|access-date=2016-03-18}}</ref>