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Serhetabat (formerly Guşgy in Turkmen, ''Kushka'' or ''Kuschka'' in Russian) is a small town in the Mary Province in Turkmenistan, located in the valley of the Kushka River. The population is 5,200 (1991). It is immediately opposite to Towraghondi in Afghanistan, with which it is connected by a road and a gauge railway. ==Overview== In 1885, Serhetabat and the surrounding region was seized from Afghanistan by the Russian forces as a result of the Panjdeh Incident (also referred to as the Battle of Kushka), in which about 600 Afghan soldiers were overwhelmed by over 2500 Russian forces.〔Clements, Frank. (''Conflict in Afghanistan: A Historical Encyclopedia'' ). pp 198. Retrieved 2012-09-03.〕 The settlement was founded in 1890 as a Russian military outpost. A local rail line branching from Merv on the Central Asian Railway was inaugurated on 1 March 1901, causing some degree of international excitement.〔 〕 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Serhetabat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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