Serhetabat

Serhetabat

Serhetabat (formerly "Guşgy" in Turkmen, "Kushka" in Russian) is a small town in the Mary Province in Turkmenistan, located in the valley of the Kushka River. Population: 5,200 (1991).

The area was acquired by Imperial Russia as a result of the Panjdeh Incident and the Battle of Kushka (30 May, 1885). The settlement was founded in 1890 as a Russian military outpost. A local rail line branching from the Central Asian Railway was inaugurated on 1 March, 1901.

The town of Kushka used to be the southernmost point of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union. A 10-metre stone cross, installed to commemorate the tercentenary of the Romanov Dynasty in 1913, is a memorial to this fact.

Transport

The broad gauge former Soviet Railway crosses into Afghanistan at the station, Turgundi being the railhead station on the other side. In 2007, this line was restored to use.


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