Subject: Sokh, Vorukh, and others<br/>
Date: Mar 02, 2001 @ 11:56<br/>
Author: Peter Smaardijk (Peter Smaardijk &lt;peter.smaardijk@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1102475114">There are three enclaves in Kyrgyzstan that I know of by name: Sokh, Shakhimardan (both Uzbek), and<br/>
Vorukh (Tadzhik). On some maps I can find another enclave in the Fergana valley, probably Tadzhik,<br/>
in Uzbekistan. It is a narrow, long strip of land alongside the road from Angren to Kokand. Does<br/>
anyone know the name of it?<br/>
<br/>
On a Russian site I found the name of two more Tadzhik enclaves (they didn&#39;t say within which<br/>
state): Chorku and Surkh. Is one of them the enclave I refer to, by any chance? And what about the<br/>
other?<br/>
<br/>
On this site: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://home.wanadoo.nl/sota/fergana.htm">http://home.wanadoo.nl/sota/fergana.htm</a> , there is talk of seven enclaves within<br/>
Kyrgyzstan, 4 Uzbek ones (of which two are identified as Sokh and Shakhimardan), and 3 Tadzhik ones<br/>
(one identified as Vorukh, and another one, not named, is probably the long, narrow one).<br/>
<br/>
Also, there should be Kyrgyz enclaves in Uzbekistan too, according to this news item (Kabar, Kyrgyz<br/>
national news agency): <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.kabar.gov.kg/english/opi/2001/2/26.html">http://www.kabar.gov.kg/english/opi/2001/2/26.html</a> . Look for the item<br/>
&quot;Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan reached agreement on border delimitation issues&quot;. Anybody has names and<br/>
locations for these?<br/>
<br/>
A good map of the Fergana valley would be ideal, I think.<br/>
<br/>
The Fergana valley has always been a virtual powder-keg, and lately even more so. Various news<br/>
articles mention the existence of minefields around some of the enclaves.<br/>
<br/>
Peter S.</div>