PamirisThe Pamiris, also known as Badakhshanis are an Eastern Iranian ethnic group, native to Central Asia, living primarily in Tajikistan (Gorno-Badakhshan), Afghanistan (Badakhshan), Siachen, Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan, Chitral) and China (Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County). They speak a variety of different languages, amongst which languages of the Eastern IranianPamir language group stand out.
Wakhan CorridorAlternative Chinese nameSimplified Chinese阿富汗走廊Traditional Chinese阿富汗走廊Literal meaningAfghan CorridorSecond alternative Chinese nameSimplified Chinese瓦罕帕米尔Traditional Chinese瓦罕帕米爾Literal meaningWakhan PamirUyghur nameUyghurۋاخان كارىدورىPashto namePashtoدهلېز واخانRussian nameRussianВаханский коридорThe Wakhan Corridor is a protruding strip of territory that is part of the Wakhan District in the Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan.
KhorogKhorog (Russian: Хорог), also Khorugh (Tajik: Хоруғ) or Kharagh (Shughni: Харағ), is the capital of Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan. It is also the capital of the Shughnon District of Gorno-Badakhshan. It has a population of 30,500 (2020 est.). Khorog is 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) above sea level in the Pamir Mountains (ancient Mount Imeon) at the confluence of the rivers Ghunt and Panj.
Pamir MountainsThe Pamir Mountains are a mountain range in Central Asia and South Asia. They are located at a junction with other notable mountain ranges, namely the Tian Shan, the Karakoram, the Kunlun, the Hindu Kush, and the Himalayas. They are among the world's highest mountains. Much of the range lies in the Gorno-Badakhshan region of Tajikistan.
Darvoz DistrictDarvoz District (Russian: Дарвазский район, Tajik: Ноҳияи Дарвоз Nohiyai Darvoz) is a district in Tajikistan, located at the extreme north-west of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region. It borders on Afghanistan to the south, along the Panj, and within Tajikistan on Khatlon Region to the west and on the Districts of Republican Subordination to the north. Its administrative capital is Qal'ai Khumb.
TajikistanLandlocked country in Central AsiaTajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country located in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the largest city and the capital city of the country and it is most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east; it is narrowly separated from Pakistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor.
Badakhshan ProvinceBadakhshan (Dari: ولایت بدخشان, romanized: Wilāyat-e Badakhshān and Pashto: د بدخشان ولایت, romanized: Da Badakhshān Wilāyat) is one of the northeastern provinces of Afghanistan and is widely regarded as one of the country's most geographically distinctive and historically significant regions.
Shughnon DistrictShughnon District is a district in eastern Tajikistan, in the central-western part of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO). It is bordered by the river Panj and Afghanistan on the west, the Rushan Range and Rushon District on the north, Murghob District on the east and the Shughnon Range and Roshtqal'a District on the south. It corresponds to the valley of the river Gunt. The district seat is the village Vahdat.
Tajik languageTajik, Tajik Persian, Tajiki Persian, also called Tajiki, as well as sometimes referred to as Eastern Persian,, is the variety of Persian spoken in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan by ethnic Tajiks. It is closely related to neighbouring Dari in Afghanistan, with which it forms a continuum of mutually intelligible varieties of the Persian language. Several scholars consider Tajik to be a dialectal variety of Persian rather than a language in its own right.
Regions of TajikistanTajikistan is divided into three levels of administrative divisions. The first-level divisions consist of two regions (Tajik: вилоят, romanized: viloyat), namely Sughd and Khatlon; one autonomous region (Tajik: вилояти мухтор, romanized: viloyati mukhtor), the Kuhistoni Badakhshon Region; the Districts of Republican Subordination; and the capital city of Dushanbe, which enjoys separate status as a first-level division.
Russian EmpireRussian state from 1721 to 1917The Russian Empire was an empire that extended across northern Eurasia from 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in 1917, forming the final era of Tsarist Russia and the wider Russian monarchy. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about 22,800,000 km (8,800,000 sq mi), roughly one-sixth of the world's landmass, making it the third-largest empire in history, behind only the British and Mongol empires.
Russian languageRussian is an East Slavic language belonging to the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is one of the four extant East Slavic languages, and is the native language of the Russian people. Russian was the de facto (and de jure in its final years) official language of the former Soviet Union.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.