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06     DETOUR WITH ARMY
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 (CIS ROAD SURVEY)  AZOT FERTILIZER FACTORY  Last June, we secured our position   level. The most interesting thing is


       LT2319. 11TH : ARRIVAL AT TASHKENT
                                            as a specialist who has strength
                                                                                 that if someone passed Kamchik
        LT1341. 12TH : DEPARTURE FROM       to transport all type of shipment    Pass, they must accompanied with
       TASHKENT TO FERGANA                  from/to Iran and CIS area by CIS     an army since this area is off-limit
       LT1521. 12TH : ARRIVAL AT ANGREN
       TERMINAL                             route survey from Azerbaijan to      military area.
       LT1605. 12TH : ARRIVAL AT OREU RAIL   Uzbekistan via Kazakhstan and
       STATION IN FRONT OF KAMCHIK PASS     Tajikistan                           It has been a long and rough
       LT1636. 12TH : ARRIVAL IN FRONT                                           journey but it was the most
       OF FIRST TUNNEL AT THE TOP OF        We took a ferry from Baku,           meaningful and valuable time
       MOUNTAIN                             Azerbaijan to Actau, Kazakhstan      to learn about transport route
       THERE ARE 2 TUNNELS ON THE WAY       then took a car from Actau to        through CIS area.
       AT THE MOUNTAIN AND ONLY A WAY       Chanak Border between Uzbekistan
       TO GO TO FERGANA AREA.               and Tajikistan and total distance is
       LT1942. 12TH : ARRIVAL AT BUVAIDY,   approximate 3,500km.
       FERGANA
       LT2230. 12TH : ARRIVAL AT KOKAND     During road survey, we found
       AROUND
       BORDER BETWEEN UZBEKISTAN AND        that heavy lifts cannot be passed
       TAZIKISTAN                           Kamchik Tunnel and it has to be
                                            transported by detour which called
       LT0905. 13TH : DEPARTURE FROM        Kamchik Pass. It is a mountain pass
       KOKAND                               in the Qurama Mountains in eastern
       LT0943. 13TH : ARRIVAL AT            Uzbekistan. The pass provides a
       KONIBODOM BORDER                     strategically important route as
       LT1054. 13TH : DEPARTURE TO          an access for ground transport
       THE CHANAK BORDER BETWEEN
       TAZIKISTAN AND UZBEKISTAN            traveling between the Tashkent and
       LT1340. 13TH : ARRIVAL AT CHANAK     Fergana bypassing neighboring
       BORDER                               Tajikistan. The peak of the pass
       LT2315. 13TH : ARRIVAL AT DUSANBE    reaches 2,268 meters above sea




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