What the records say
- When
- Nov 1869 – Dec 1869
- Kind
- Territorial claim
- Coordinates
- 40.00° N, 53.00° E
- Region
- 5
- Claim resolution
- 7
- Claim violence
- 1
- Significance
- 9
- Significance index
- 3
- Significance state1
- 4
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan
City in Balkan Province, Turkmenistan
Türkmenbaşy, previously known as Shagadam, Krasnovodsk and Kyzyl-Su, is a major port city in Balkan Province in western Turkmenistan, on the Türkmenbaşy Gulf of the Caspian Sea. It sits at an elevation of 27 metres. The population was 86,800, consisting of mostly ethnic Turkmens, with the addition of Russian, Armenian and Azerbaijani minorities.
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The source
- ICOW Territorial Claims 1816–2001Issue Correlates of WarCorrelates of War: free use with citation