Navdonak
Navdonak (Tajik: Навдонак) is a village in the jamoat Kalai Surkh in the Rasht District (one of the Districts of Republican Subordination) in central Tadjikistan. Navdonak is east of Dushanbe in the Vakhsh valley and has a Köppen climate classification of Dsa and experiences wet and cold winters with dry cool summers. The village is close to the town of Gharm.
Navdonak | |
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  Navdonak Location in Tajikistan | |
| Coordinates: 38°59′N 70°13′E | |
| Country |  Tajikistan |
| Region | Districts of Republican Subordination |
| District | Rasht District |
| Elevation | 1,355 m (4,446 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 7,438 |
History
During the 1920s the area was a hotbed for the Basmachi, the anti-Soviet resistance in Central Asia.[1][2] During the Civil War in Tajikistan from 1992-1997, the area was a hotbed for Islamist forces, and October 2010, the Tajik Interior Ministry asserted it had killed three militants nearby at Gharm amid an alleged rise in Islamic militancy in the region.[3][4]
References
- Ritter, William S (1990). "Revolt in the Mountains: Fuzail Maksum and the Occupation of Garm, Spring 1929". Journal of Contemporary History. 25: 547. doi:10.1177/002200949002500408.
- Ritter, William S (1985). "The Final Phase in the Liquidation of Anti-Soviet Resistance in Tadzhikistan: Ibrahim Bek and the Basmachi, 1924-31". Soviet Studies. 37 (4). doi:10.1080/09668138508411604.
- "Tajikistan says restive east is under control". BBC News. 18 October 2010.
- http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajikistan_Says_Kills_Three_Suspected_Islamist_Militants/2193377.html
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