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Timeline of Dushanbe

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

Contents

20th century

  • 1923 - Town of Dushanbe established in the Emirate of Bukhara.
  • 1925 - Town becomes capital of the Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
  • 1929
  • Town renamed "Stalinabad."
  • Railroad begins operating.
  • 1934 - Tajikistan National Museum established.
  • 1935 - Ura-tepe-Stalinabad road opens.
  • 1946 - Pamir Stadium opens.
  • 1950 - CSKA Pomir Dushanbe football club formed.
  • 1951 - Academy of Sciences of Tajik SSR established.
  • 1955 - Trolleybuses begin operating.
  • 1960 - Zoo opens.
  • 1961 - City named "Dushanbe" again.
  • 1964 - Dushanbe Airport in operation.
  • 1975 - Palace of Unity and Hotel Tajikistan built.
  • 1979 - Population: 510,000.
  • 1981 - Saodat Teahouse built.
  • 1984 - Goskino Cinema and Concert Hall built.
  • 1987 - Sister city relationship active with Boulder, Colorado, USA.
  • 1990
  • 12–14 February: Dushanbe riots.
  • Gurminj Museum of Musical Instruments established.
  • 1992 - Demonstrations against government.
  • 1996
  • Mahmadsaid Ubaydulloyev becomes mayor.
  • Dynamo Dushanbe football club formed.
  • Russian-Tajik Slavonic University established.
  • 1997 - Presidential Palace stormed.

    • 21st century

  • 2002 - Curfew lifted.
  • 2003
  • Academy of Maqâm founded.
  • 2003 Central Asian Games held.
  • 2005 - January: Car explosion.
  • 2007
  • 14 November: Bombing at Palace of Unity.
  • Istiqlol Dushanbe football club formed.
  • Population: 670,168.
  • 2009 - New Dushanbe Synagogue opens.
  • 2011 - Dushanbe Flagpole erected.
  • 2012 - 5 September: Fire in Karvon market, and subsequent protest.

    • References

    Timeline of Dushanbe Wikipedia
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