Kogon (Uzbekistan)
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 Uzbekistan
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| Province: | Buxoro | ||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 43 ' N , 64 ° 32' E | ||
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| Height : | 225 m | ||
| Residents : | 58,000 (2013) | ||
Kogon ( Cyrillic Когон; Russian Каган Kagan ; formerly Novaya Bukhara / New Bukhara ) is a city in the Uzbek province of Bukhara . According to the 1989 census, the city had 48,000 inhabitants, and an estimate for 2013 is 58,000.
history
During the Russian Civil War , Kogon served as a springboard for the Red Army to conquer the Emirate of Bukhara . In August 1920 the Red Army soldiers concentrated in Kogon.
geography
Kogon is located about 10 km east of the provincial capital Bukhara . It is the capital of the Kogon district of the same name , but it is itself a city.
Culture and sights
The Baha-ud-Din Naqschbands mausoleum is located in a religious complex near the city of Kogon . The entire facility was renovated in 2003.
Economy and Infrastructure
Kogon is an important transport hub: the city is on the Trans-Caspian Railway ; the Sharq train connects Kogon with Tashkent . From 1998 to 2008 Kogon was connected to Bukhara by trolleybus .
Events
On July 9 and 10, 2008, a large number of explosions occurred in a Kogon military base in a missile and ammunition dump. The city was initially completely evacuated. A large number of houses and the train station were damaged. According to official sources, at least three people were killed and 60 people injured. The explosions were noticeable even in the center of Bukhara and window panes were broken.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Glenda Fraser: Alim Kahn and the Fall of the Bokharan Emirates in 1920, in: Central Asian Survey, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 47-61 (49).
- ^ Klaus Pander: Central Asia . DuMont Reiseverlag, 2005. ISBN 3770136802 ; P. 191ff
- ↑ UzNews.Net - Explosions in Bukhara Region: negligence blamed ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ferghana.Ru - Bukhara Hospitals Packed with Wounded from Night Explosions, Eyewitness Says ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ferghana.Ru - Blast-torn Kagan Under Massive Reconstruction ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
