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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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Tajikistan is an interesting mix of cultures as it bears traces of all the great empires that once ruled here. Just imagine the diversity, considering that Persians, Greeks, Mongols, Russians ones ruled here. It’s interesting to see how all those cultures are still present in modern-day Tajikistan. Tajik language is actually Persian (with slight difference in accent), but it’s written in Cyrillic. This means, that if you speak Persian, you can understand the verbal speech, but will not be able to read or write. If you, like me are fluent in Russian, you can read everything, but can’t understand a word of what your read or hear. It’s a funny fact of course, unless you’re a foreigner who does not speak either Russian or Persian, because I met very few Tajiks who speak English. In general, almost everyone speaks Russian, so we do not have any problem communicating with people on daily basis.
Here is a little bit of background about this beautiful country.
{Narrated from Wikipedia}
Tajikistan is a mountainous landlocked sovereign country in Central Asia. It is borders with Afghanistan to the south,Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east.
The earliest recorded history of the region dates back to about 500 BC when much, if not all, of modern Tajikistan was part of the Achaemenid Empire. After the region's conquest by Alexander the Great it became part of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, a successor state of Alexander's empire. Northern Tajikistan was part of Sogdia, a collection of city-states which was overrun by Scythians and Yuezhi nomadic tribes around 150 BC. The Silk Road passed through the region and following the expedition of Chinese explorer Zhang Qian during the reign of Wudi (141–87 BCE) commercial relations between Han China and Sogdiana flourished. Sogdians played a major role in facilitating trade and also worked in other capacities, as farmers, carpetweavers, glassmakers, and woodcarvers.
The territory that now constitutes Tajikistan was previously home to several ancient cultures, including the city of Sarazm of the Neolithic and the Bronze Age, and was later home to kingdoms ruled by people of different faiths and cultures, including the Oxus civilization, Andronovo culture, Buddhism, Nestorian Christianity, Zoroastrianism, and Manichaeism. The area has been ruled by numerous empires and dynasties, including the Achaemenid Empire, Hephthalite Empire, Samanid Empire, Mongol Empire, Timurid dynasty, and the Russian Empire. As a result of the break up of the Soviet Union Tajikistan became an independent nation in 1991. A civil war was fought almost immediately after independence that lasted from 1992 to 1997 however since the end of the war, newly established political stability and foreign aid have allowed the country's economy to grow.
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Dushanbe is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. As of 2023, Dushanbe had a population of 1,228,400, with this population being largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe, and from 1929 to 1961 as Stalinabad, after Joseph Stalin. Dushanbe is located in the Gissar Valley, bounded by the Gissar Range in the north and east and the Babatag, Aktau, Rangontau and Karatau mountains in the south, and has an elevation of 750–930 m. The city is divided into four districts: Ismail Samani, Avicenna, Ferdowsi, and Shah Mansur.
Dushanbe is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. As of 2023, Dushanbe had a population of 1,228,400, with this population being largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe, and from 1929 to 1961 as Stalinabad, after Joseph Stalin. Dushanbe is located in the Gissar Valley, bounded by the Gissar Range in the north and east and the Babatag, Aktau, Rangontau and Karatau mountains in the south, and has an elevation of 750–930 m. The city is divided into four districts: Ismail Samani, Avicenna, Ferdowsi, and Shah Mansur.
Dushanbe is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. As of 2023, Dushanbe had a population of 1,228,400, with this population being largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe, and from 1929 to 1961 as Stalinabad, after Joseph Stalin. Dushanbe is located in the Gissar Valley, bounded by the Gissar Range in the north and east and the Babatag, Aktau, Rangontau and Karatau mountains in the south, and has an elevation of 750–930 m. The city is divided into four districts: Ismail Samani, Avicenna, Ferdowsi, and Shah Mansur.
Dushanbe is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. As of 2023, Dushanbe had a population of 1,228,400, with this population being largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe, and from 1929 to 1961 as Stalinabad, after Joseph Stalin. Dushanbe is located in the Gissar Valley, bounded by the Gissar Range in the north and east and the Babatag, Aktau, Rangontau and Karatau mountains in the south, and has an elevation of 750–930 m. The city is divided into four districts: Ismail Samani, Avicenna, Ferdowsi, and Shah Mansur.
Street Capture [Dushanbe - Tajikistan]
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The main Dushanbe market had a produce selection that would put any US gourmet supermarket to shame. Unfortunately, the farmers themselves see only a limited portion of the profits, as government and other middlemen often stand between harvesting and sale.
Middlemen is definitely the right term to use here--women are primarily the ones doing the hard labor on the bookends of the supply chain, doing the harvesting out in the fields and selling in the market booths.
ARKIV 040503 - Colorful theatre decorated with mosaics in the center of the capital.
Dushanbe, TADZJIKISTAN - TAJIKISTAN
Foto: Christopher Herwig - Kod 9266
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters at the Palace of Nations in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on November 3, 2015, following meetings with Tajikistan President Emomail Rahmon and Foreign Minister Sirodjiddin Muhriddinovich Aslov. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]