Rushon ( tg, Рӯшон, russian: Рушан ''Rushan'', fa, روشان,
Pamiri: Ręxon) is a village and the seat of
Rushon District tg, Ноҳияи Рӯшон
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of
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region 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
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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 borde ...
north of
Khorugh. It was known as
Kala-i Vamar until 1932. It is on the river
Panj just downstream from the mouth of the
Bartang
The Bartang ( Russian and Tajik: Бартанг) is a river of Central Asia, tributary to the Panj and consequently to the Amu Darya. In its upper reaches, it is also known as the Murghab and Aksu; it flows through the Wakhan in Afghanistan, ...
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 remaining under control of
Shughnan 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 ...
took it on the last quarter of 19th century. In 1885 Russians liberated Pamiri kingdoms of
Panj 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 mom ...
. 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
Khorugh, where protests against human rights violations were ongoing, in order to prevent a military convoy from passing.
Notes
References
Populated places in Gorno-Badakhshan
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