Kalanak ( ''Qal'anak'', ) is a village and

jamoat The jamoats of Tajikistan (; , "village communes") are the third-level administrative divisions, similar to communes or municipalities, in the Central Asian country of Tajikistan. As of January 2020, there are 368 rural jamoats, 65 towns and 18 ci ...

Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...

. It is located in

Rasht District Rasht District ( ''Nohiyai Rasht'', formerly called ''Gharm District'') is a district in Tajikistan, one of the Districts of Republican Subordination. It lies between the city of Vahdat in the west and Lakhsh District in the east; its southern ne ...

, one of the

Districts of Republican Subordination Districts under Tajikistan Central Government Jurisdiction, also translated as Districts of Republican Subordination or Districts under Republic(an) Subordination (; , Latin Tajik alphabet: ), is a region in Tajikistan, consisting of 9 distric ...

. The jamoat has a total population of 10,411 (2015).Jamoat-level basic indicators
United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 14 October 2020 The village is on the northern, right bank of the river Surkhob. On the left bank of the river are the western foothills of the

Peter I Range Peter I Range, Peter the First Range or Peter the Great Range ( or Хребет Пётра Первого) is a mountain range in Tajikistan, part of the Pamir Mountain System. The range takes its name from Peter the Great (1672 – 1725). Geogr ...

History

During the 1920s the area was a hotbed for the

Basmachi The Basmachi movement (, derived from ) was an uprising against Imperial Russian and Soviet rule in Central Asia by rebel groups inspired by Islamic beliefs. It has been called "probably the most important movement of opposition to Soviet rul ...

, the anti-Soviet resistance in

Central Asia Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian language, Pers ...

. During the

Civil War in Tajikistan The Tajikistani Civil War,, group=pron also known as the Tajik Civil War, began in May 1992 and ended in June 1997. Regional groups from the Garm and Gorno-Badakhshan regions of Tajikistan rose up against the newly formed government of Preside ...

from 1992 to 1997, the area was a hotbed for Islamist forces, and October 2010, the Tajik

Interior Ministry An interior ministry or ministry of the interior (also called ministry of home affairs or ministry of internal affairs) is a government department that is responsible for domestic policy, public security and law enforcement. In some states, the ...

asserted it had killed three militants nearby at Gharm amid an alleged rise in Islamic militancy in the region.

References

Populated places in Districts of Republican Subordination Jamoats of Tajikistan {{Tajikistan-geo-stub