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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.

Their website says: "...built by hand without the use of any power tools, the Teahouse was constructed in Dushanbe, Tajikistan as a gift to their sister city, Boulder. It was disassembled, crated up, and sent halfway around the world to be rebuilt in Boulder as a symbol of friendship and cultural exploration." Boulder, Colorado, September 11, 2015 (by Robin)

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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by U.S. Embassy Dushanbe Charge de Affairs Leslie Hayden, addresses Embassy staff and family members at the Sheraton Hotel in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, following meetings with Tajikistan President Emomail Rahmon and Foreign Minister Sirodjiddin Muhriddinovich Aslov on November 3, 2015. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

The building site of the Grand Mosque.

 

Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

 

© Roberto Conte (2017)

 

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by U.S. Embassy Dushanbe Charge de Affairs Leslie Hayden, addresses Embassy staff and family members at the Sheraton Hotel in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, following meetings with Tajikistan President Emomail Rahmon and Foreign Minister Sirodjiddin Muhriddinovich Aslov on November 3, 2015. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

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.

Donation box at the Grand Mosque. Does anyone know what it says?

Boy running behind Rohat Tea House

Lit by an inner light

 

No tricks here---taken with existing light from across a room

A popular expat hangout. I haven't been here yet.

Two Tajik women walk down a sidewalk, passing under a zebra crossing sign. Photo taken on November 15, 2013 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

Grand Mosque interior.

Dushanbe's Golden Arches. I haven't tried it yet.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry receives a pair of dolls for his granddaughters during a meeting with U.S. Embassy Dushanbe staff and family members at the Sheraton Hotel in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, following meetings with Tajikistan President Emomail Rahmon and Foreign Minister Sirodjiddin Muhriddinovich Aslov on November 3, 2015. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

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