Tajikistan
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In 2016, the only local train in Tajikistan run once a day between Dushanbe and Pakhtaabad a few kilometers west of the capital. Here, the morning train lead by TEM18DM 3070 will soon arrive at its destination. In the background,the Alai mountain ranges raise up to 4000m high.
The Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse was constructed in Dushanbe, Tajikistan and given to its sister city Boulder, Colorado. The teahouse was deconstructed and shipped in crates to Boulder where it was reassembled. Today, its a unique, privately-owned restaurant that serves over 100 teas and a fusion menu of foods/recipes from many parts of the world.
The façade shown in this picture has tile panels that were sculpted in Tajikistan, and cut into smaller pieces for shipment. The next two pictures show detail from the popular restaurant's interior.
(bouldercolorado.gov): "In 2009, Boulder began construction on the Cyber Café and Friendship Center in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. It's dedicated to the people of Dushanbe on behalf of the people of Boulder."
ARKIV 040503 - Antique shop displaying a large portrait of Lenin.
Dushanbe, TADZJIKISTAN - TAJIKISTAN
Foto: Christopher Herwig - Kod 9266
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We came to see this bridge walking in Dushanbe.
There is a river flowing through that iron construction, that looks like a bridge. I think it's for irrigation. The excess of water makes an interesting "waterfall".
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T3M2-1792, probably left behind after the fall of the Soviet Union, runs through Dushanbe station before shunting in the local goods yard. Photo taken away from the station and therefore out of sight of the local Police, old (Soviet) habits die hard!
Copyright Stephen Willetts - No unauthorised use
There are around 2 million Tajik migrants in Russia. Majority lives and works there illegally, and is often treated as cheap work labor without basic rights. Tajik men leave their country for not-so-friendly-to-them Russia to make money, because here in Tajikistan the unemployment rate is huge. People from Central Asia usually take jobs that Russians wouldn't agree to, like cleaning the streets, or construction.
The results of this migration are disastrous for the country. Away from the "control" of their families and the society (it's a pretty conservative country), Tajik men return home as drug or alcohol addicts. The rates of HIV/AIDS raises quickly for the same reasons. Very often men never come back, leaving their wives and children earn their living by themselves. They live in hostile conditions in Russia, with nationalists demanding that they leave, and unfair employers treating them with little respect. With this said, 70% of Tajikistan's economy lays on the money that the migrants send home.
These women, were working in a bazaar in Dushanbe. Probably they get pennies for what they do, but they didn't look unhappy. Maybe because they're treated better in their own country.
And here is one more thing I've wanted to write about since the time we were in Bangladesh. In average, a person working in the factories that make branded clothing to be exported to Europe mainly, earn about $50 a month. I suppose the women on this photo make slightly more than that, but still, is it enough? Next time you (and I) buy another blouse from a nice, clean brand store, maybe we should give it a thought - one blouse we buy costs as much as a worker in a country like Bangladesh lives on (with family) for a whole month. I always think about it, whenever I read "Made in Bangladesh" on the label. It doesn't prevent me from buying the clothes, it just makes me wonder...
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