Vorukh Exclave in the Fergana Valley: How to Overcome the Conflict Created by Stalin

May 12, 2025 | Alexander Shpunt
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Judging by the extremely cautious reports in analytical publications of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are at the final stage of the process of delimitation of the state border dividing the two republics in the Fergana Valley. The unsettled borderline of the area near the Tajik exclave of Vorukh has formed an acute conflict for all decades after the collapse of the USSR, occasionally turning into armed clashes.