Navdonek

Navdonek Tajikistan is a town and jamoat in the Nurobod District of Districts of Republican Subordination in central Tadjikistan. Navdonek is east of Dushanbe in the Vakhsh River valley and has a Köppen climate classification of Dsa and experiences wet and cold winters with dry cool summers. The town is a satellite of the nearby town of Gharm. The Petra Pervogo Range with a height of 4,745 is nearby. As of 2009, the town had a population of 7438.[1]

Navdonek
Garm-stadium near Navdonek
Navdonek Location in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 39°01′N 70°23′E
Country	Tajikistan
Province	Region of Republican Subordination
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.[2][3] 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.[4][5]

References

1. "List of Jamoats". UN Coordination, Tajikistan. Archived from the original on February 26, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
2. 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.
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). doi:10.1080/09668138508411604.
4. "Tajikistan says restive east is under control". BBC News. 18 October 2010.
5. http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajikistan_Says_Kills_Three_Suspected_Islamist_Militants/2193377.html