Subject: Re: SV: [BoundaryPoint] Barak - possible location<br/>
Date: Mar 13, 2003 @ 09:36<br/>
Author: Peter Smaardijk (&quot;Peter Smaardijk&quot; &lt;smaardijk@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1943214639">That looked bad. I&#39;ll try again. If it still doesn&#39;t work: Ak-Tas and <br/>
Os are written with an s-caron; Andizan with a z-caron.<br/>
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That is strange. I have read a couple of times in Russian articles <br/>
that Barak is part of Ak-Taš.<br/>
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Cf. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.caapr.kz/show.php?caa2103-02.htm">http://www.caapr.kz/show.php?caa2103-02.htm</a><br/>
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The writer of the article interviews an official of Kara-Suu rayon <br/>
(Kara-Suu is the town on the border in the north-east of my scan) <br/>
about the situation in the enclave.<br/>
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He also interviews one Salamat Alamanov, co-chairman of the Kyrgyz-<br/>
Uzbek boundary commission, who says &quot;(...) Yes, Kyrgystan has its own <br/>
enclave in Uzbek territory. It is the village Barak, which belongs to <br/>
Ak-Taš village council, Kara-Suu rayon, Oš province, and in which 589 <br/>
people live. (...) We came too late to the understanding that Barak <br/>
was an enclave on the territory of Korgon-Tjubinskij rayon, Andižan <br/>
province, in Uzbekistan.&quot;<br/>
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Margilan and Fergana are not only not near Kara-Suu, but even in a <br/>
different province.<br/>
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So unless it is extremely far from the village council seat, I&#39;d say <br/>
it&#39;s more likely to be just over the border at Ak-Taš.<br/>
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Peter S.</div>