Navdonak Explained

Official Name:Navdonak
Pushpin Map:Tajikistan
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Tajikistan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Tajikistan
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Districts of Republican Subordination
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Rasht District
Coordinates:38.9833°N 83°W
Elevation Ft:4446
Population Total:7438

Navdonak (Tajik: Навдонак) is a village in the jamoat Kalai Surkh in the Rasht District (one of the Districts of Republican Subordination) in central Tajikistan. Navdonakis 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.

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 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.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Ritter . William S . Scott Ritter . 1990 . Revolt in the Mountains: Fuzail Maksum and the Occupation of Garm, Spring 1929 . . 25 . 4 . 547–580. 10.1177/002200949002500408 . 159486304 .
  2. Ritter . William S . Scott Ritter . 1985 . The Final Phase in the Liquidation of Anti-Soviet Resistance in Tadzhikistan: Ibrahim Bek and the Basmachi, 1924-31 . . 37 . 4 . 484–493 . 10.1080/09668138508411604.
  3. News: Tajikistan says restive east is under control . BBC News . 18 October 2010.
  4. Web site: Tajikistan Kills 'Suspected Militants'.