Yurt encampment with the Pamir's looming large in the forground
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The Tajik people came under Russian rule in the 1860s and 1870s, but Russia's hold on Central Asia weakened following the Revolution of 1917. Bolshevik control of the area was fiercely contested and not fully reestablished until 1925. Tajikistan bec... [read more]
The Tajik people came under Russian rule in the 1860s and 1870s, but Russia's hold on Central Asia weakened following the Revolution of 1917. Bolshevik control of the area was fiercely contested and not fully reestablished until 1925. Tajikistan bec... [read more] Blog: The Pamir Highway - Illegal Entry into Tajikistan
Date: August 18th 2007
Date: August 18th 2007
TAJIKISTAN - (July 2007)
Thurs 12th - Wed 17th July - (The Pamir Highway) I'd been undecided (me? - never!) about whether to go to Tajikistan since planning this trip. It sounded like a wonderfully scenic country and would be the nearest I would probably get to being in Afghanistan without actually going to Afghanistan itself. On the other hand, I wasn ... read moreComment on Yurt encampment with the Pamir's looming large in the forground
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