Rushon ( tg, Рӯшон, russian: Рушан ''Rushan'', fa, روشان, Pamiri: Ręxon) is a village and the seat of

Rushon District tg, Ноҳияи Рӯшон , nickname = , motto = , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = , image_flag = , flag_size = , image_seal ...

Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region Gorno-Badakhshan, officially the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region,, abbr. / is an autonomous region in eastern Tajikistan, in the Pamir Mountains. It makes up nearly forty-five percent of the country's land area, but only two perce ...

in southeastern

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

. The jamoat has a total population of 6,577 (2015).Jamoat-level basic indicators
United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 5 October 2020

Geography

Locally known as Vamar ( fa, وامر, Pamiri: Vamár) it is a town located in the

Rushon District tg, Ноҳияи Рӯшон , nickname = , motto = , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = , image_flag = , flag_size = , image_seal ...

on the border with

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

north of

Khorugh Khorugh ( tg, Хоруғ, ; russian: Хорог, translit=Khorog; ) is the capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) in Tajikistan. It is also the capital of the Shughnon District of Gorno-Badakhshan. It has a population of 30,50 ...

. It was known as Kala-i Vamar until 1932. It is on the river

Panj Panj () is a city in southern Tajikistan which is situated on the Afghan border, some south of the capital Dushanbe. It is located along the north bank of the river Panj, from which it derives its name. The population of the town is 12,500 (Janu ...

just downstream from the mouth of the Bartang at the point where the Panj briefly turns west before resuming its northerly course. There is a small museum and the ruins of a Kala-i Vamar ( Vamardiž) a mediaeval era fort.

History

It is believed that the fort Vamardiž was built by local people in defence of the Chinese advancement to Pamirs. Many times Vamardiž fell to Shahs of Darwaz and

Shughnan Shighnan, also Shignan, Shugnan, Shughnan, and Khughnan ( tg, Шигнон, fa, شغنان, Pashto: ), is an historic region whose name today may also refer to a town and a district in Badakhshan Province in the mountainous northeast of Afghani ...

remaining under control of

until Afghans of

Badakhshan Badakhshan is a historical region comprising parts of modern-day north-eastern Afghanistan, eastern Tajikistan, and Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County in China. Badakhshan Province is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. Much of historic Ba ...

took it on the last quarter of 19th century. In 1885 Russians liberated Pamiri kingdoms of

right bank but soon turned them into Beyli's ( Бекство) of Turkish Manghit Bukhara where one of them resided in Vamardiž till the

October Revolution The October Revolution,. officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution. in the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key moment ...

. During Soviet Era Vamardiž was destroyed and the territory of fort demolished giving way to military base facilities. On the morning of May 18, 2022, Rushon was the scene of a violent crackdown on protesters by security forces with several casualties. Local residents had been blocking the road to

, where protests against human rights violations were ongoing, in order to prevent a military convoy from passing.

Notes

References

Populated places in Gorno-Badakhshan {{Tajikistan-geo-stub