Map with all the locations next to Youtube travel videos
https://www.toobmap.com/watch/bYptrthnkOI
A video about the history, places and people of Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan region, one of the world's highest inhabited mountain areas.
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Sources (Amazon links- I get a small commission):
Land Beyond the River: The Untold Story of Central Asia, Monica Whitlock (https://amzn.to/3Pnbyj5)
- If you read only ONE book on Central Asia, let it be this one. It just gorgeous. An incredible achievement that is a joy to read.
A History of the Tajiks: Iranians of the East, Richard Foltz (https://amzn.to/3OUqfdt)
Central Asia in World History, Peter B. Golden (https://amzn.to/4byFm43)
Azan on the Moon: Entangling Modernity along Tajikistan’s Pamir Highway, Till Mostowlansky (https://amzn.to/4s1hf4Q)
Ferghana Valley: The Heart of Central Asia, Frederick Starr (Ed.) (https://amzn.to/4rS7TIt)
Also: The Economist, Eurasia.net and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty among others
Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:11 Dushanbe to Qulai Qumb
04:31 Qulai QUmb to Vamd
06:05 Jizew Village
07:01 History I
11:40 Jizew to Ishkoshim
14:51 Langar
15:45 Wakhan Corridor
18:05 Murghab
21:39 History II
27:10 Karakul
31:00 Gorno Badakhsan Today
34:24 Bulunkul
38:07 Back to Qulai Qumb
40:15 Wedding
41:42 Conclusion