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Line 14: \|pushpin_mapsize = 300 \|pushpin_map_caption =Location in Turkmenistan ~~\|coordinates_display = inline,title~~ ~~\|coordinates_region = TM~~ \|subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world\|Country]] \|subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Turkmenistan\|Province]] Line 47 ⟶ 45: \|timezone_DST = \|utc_offset_DST = \|coordinates = {{coord\|37\|11\|39\|N\|60\|0\|46\|E\|region:TM\|display=inline,title}} ~~\|latd=37\|latm=11\|lats=39\|latNS=N~~ ~~\|longd=60\|longm=0\|longs=46\|longEW=E~~ \|elevation_footnotes= \|elevation_m = Line 58 ⟶ 55: \|footnotes = }} '''Dushak''' ({{lang-tk\|Duşak}}) is a small town in the [[Karakum Desert]] on the rim of the [[Kopet Dag]] mountains of [[Ahal Province]], [[Turkmenistan]].<ref>{{cite book\|author=Brummell, Paul\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fG9zk5Y3MugC&dq=Dushak%2C+turkmenistan&pg=PA127\|title=Bradt Travel Guide Turkmenistan\|publisher=[[Bradt Travel Guides]]\|year=2006\|page=127\|isbn=1-84162-144-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|author=Briton Cooper Busch\| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yz_OVCTNI04C&dq=Dushak+1918&pg=PA46\|title=Mudros to Lausanne: Britain's frontier in West Asia, 1918-1923\|publisher=SUNY Press\|year=1976\|page=46\|isbn=0-87395-265-0}}</ref> The town is [[Renown\|renowned]] for battle of Dushak between British and [[Red Army\|Bolshevik forces]]. ~~'''Dushak''' is a small town in the [[Karakum Desert]] on the rim of the [[Kopet Dag]] mountains of [[Ahal Province]], [[Turkmenistan]].~~ ~~==Geography==~~ It lies on the [[M37 highway (Turkmenistan)\|M37 highway]] which connects the town to [[Ashgabat]] in the west and [[Tejen]] in the east and is also connected by rail on the [[Trans-Caspian railway]]. The settlement lies 37 kilometres east of [[Kaakhka]]. There are notable [[Bronze Age]] settlements in the area such as [[Ulug Depe]] and several shrines such as [[Malik Baba]] which attracts pilgrims. The Mausoleum of [[Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr]] is also of note.<ref>{{cite book\|author=Brummell, Paul\|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fG9zk5Y3MugC&pg=PA127&dq=Dushak,+turkmenistan#v=onepage&q=Dushak%2C%20turkmenistan&f=false\|title=Bradt Travel Guide Turkmenistan\|publisher=[[Bradt Travel Guides]]\|year=2006\|page=127\|isbn=1-84162-144-7}}</ref> ~~==History==~~ The village was occupied on October 14, 1918 during the [[Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War]]. 570 British and Indian troops were sent in to occupy the town.<ref>{{cite book\|author=Briton Cooper Busch\| url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Yz_OVCTNI04C&pg=PA46&dq=Dushak+1918#v=onepage&q=Dushak%201918&f=false\|title=Mudros to Lausanne: Britain's frontier in West Asia, 1918-1923\|publisher=SUNY Press\|year=1976\|page=46\|isbn=0-87395-265-0}}</ref> After heavy fighting in mid October the Bolsheviks retreated from Dushak. ~~In 1994, the [[Mount Dushak–Erekdag Observatory]] was built some kilometres from Dushak.~~ == See also == Line 75 ⟶ 66: ==External links== *[~~http~~https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=dushak%2C+turkmenistan Flickr images] [[Category:Populated places in Ahal ~~Province~~Region]] [[Category:Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War]]