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Village on the Bartang River in Tajikistan Place in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan
Roshorv Рошорв
Roshorv is located in TajikistanRoshorvRoshorvLocation in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 38°19′04″N 72°19′29″E / 38.31778°N 72.32472°E / 38.31778; 72.32472
Country Tajikistan
RegionGorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region
DistrictRushon District

Roshorv (Tajik: Рошорв) is a village in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, southeastern Tajikistan. It is part of the jamoat Savnob in Rushon District. It lies on the upper reaches of the river Bartang.

Roshorv is situated on a plateau and is settled and has cultivated land. In his journey the Pamir Mountains in 1897-98, British agent Ralph Cobbold passed through Roshorv. In his memoirs Cobbold stated that the village had fifty houses.

The population of Roshorv is Tajik and speaks a district dialect of the Rushani language.

References

  1. Falling Rain gazetteer
  2. Village Roshorv, tojkiston.ucoz.ru
  3. Ralp P. Cobbold. Innermost Asia: Travel and Sport in the Pamirs. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. p. 168
  4. http://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/ebm/record/15156738/full_citation/Ethno_cultural_heritage_of_the_peoples_of_west_Pamir_ L.R. Dodykhudoeva Ethno-cultural heritage of the peoples of west Pamir. Coll Antropol 2004. pp. 147-59.
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