Serhetabat
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- For the nearby town in Afghanistan, see Kushk.
Serhetabat (formerly Guşgy in Turkmen, Kushka in Russian) is a small town in the Mary Province in Turkmenistan, located in the valley of the Kushka River. Population: 5,200 (1991).
The area was acquired by Imperial Russia as a result of the Panjdeh Incident and the Battle of Kushka (30 May, 1885). The settlement was founded in 1890 as a Russian military outpost. A local rail line branching from the Central Asian Railway was inaugurated on 1 March 1901.
The town of Kushka used to be the southernmost point of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union. A 10-metre stone cross, installed to commemorate the tercentenary of the Romanov Dynasty in 1913, is a memorial to this fact.
[edit] Transport
The broad gauge former Soviet Railway crosses into Afghanistan at the station, Turgundi being the railhead station on the other side. In 2007, this line was restored to use.
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