> > That leaves a 40ha Uzbek enclave near Tayan, south of Sokh, as
> > something definitely new to me.
> >
> > Grant
>
> And it's new to me, too. I can find Tajan on the 500k map
> http://mapy.mk.cvut.cz/data/Centr._Asia/Topo%20maps_500k/J-42-B.jpg
> (practically on the Soch enclave border), but not the enclave.
Maybe
> another one that "formed" after the SU collapsed. Or maybe the map
is
> just not detailed enough.
>
> Peter S.
Or this source is not very accurate. A quick search on the Russophone
internet mentions Tajan a couple of times, but never as an enclave.
It is mentioned as an area destined at one time to be swapped against
another piece of land which would become an Uzbek corridor between
the Soch enclave and the mainland. Kyrgyzstan didn't like this plan
at the time. They probably still don't like it.
Peter S.