Kalanak, Tajikistan

Kalanak
Village and Jamoat
Kalanak is located in Tajikistan
Kalanak
Kalanak
Coordinates: 39°05′N 70°30′E / 39.083°N 70.500°E / 39.083; 70.500
Country Tajikistan
RegionDistricts of Republican Subordination
DistrictRasht District
Population
 (2015)
 • Total
10,411
Time zoneUTC+5 (TJT)

Kalanak (Tajik: Қалъанак Qal'anak, Persian: قلعه‌نَک) is a village and jamoat in Tajikistan. It is located in Rasht District, one of the Districts of Republican Subordination. The jamoat has a total population of 10,411 (2015).[1] The village is on the northern, right bank of the river Surkhob. On the left bank of the river are the western foothills of the Peter I Range.

History

During the 1920s the area was a hotbed for the Basmachi, the anti-Soviet resistance in Central Asia.[2][3]

During the Civil War in Tajikistan from 1992 to 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.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 14 October 2020
  2. ^ Ritter, William S (1990). "Revolt in the Mountains: Fuzail Maksum and the Occupation of Garm, Spring 1929". Journal of Contemporary History. 25 (4): 547–580. doi:10.1177/002200949002500408. S2CID 159486304.
  3. ^ 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): 484–493. doi:10.1080/09668138508411604.
  4. ^ "Tajikistan says restive east is under control". BBC News. 18 October 2010.
  5. ^ "Tajikistan Kills 'Suspected Militants'". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty.


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