History of occurrence of city Dushanbe

Before revolution on a place of present capital of Tadjikistan was three small kishlaks: Sary Assiya, Shahmansur and Dushanbe. Last in translation with Tadjik means "Monday". This day in a kishlak the market day was. Age of Dushanbe meanwhile a subject of scientific disputes. In territory of city archeologists have found the products made almost 3 thousand years ago. In area Putovskogo of release (street Ismoila Somoni) the rests of settlements greco-bactriy empires (the end of III century B.C.), a site of ancient settlement kushanskiy the period (7-8 centuries) on the left-bank side of the river Dushanbinka are dug out. The city kushanskiy time had significant rural to district which traces are found out at excavation medieval settlements: Arches the World (territory of a botanical garden), Ispechakteppa (nowadays area Ispechak), Teppai Iskandar (crossing of streets Fuchika and Korgar), site of ancient settlement Shishi Hona (83 microdistrict). Last Bukhara emir Said Alimhon having run from Bukhara in 1920 has made Dushanbe the residence. In four months under an impact of bolsheviks has been compelled to leave{abandon} Dushanbe and to run abroad. At the end of 1921 over 10 thousand basmach under management{manual} Ýíâåð-plough have besieged{halted} Dushanbe. Besieged last up to the middle of February, 1922. For the lack of the foodstuffs, an ammunition defenders of Dushanbe have been compelled to recede.

However on July, 14, 1922 Dushanbe has passed to bolsheviks. In city the Soviet authority has been established. However, city yet was not. The small settlement from 4 houses with wooden floors, 42 tilt carts and 283 inhabitants was. But it has been declared by city and became capital of the Tadjikistan Independent Soviet Socialist Republic. The center of capital was at that time in area of present crossing street Putovskogo (nowadays Ismoil Somoni) with Lenin's street (nowadays prospectus Rudaki), here was stirred a market. Southern surburb was a place, where now building main post office. On a place of a philarmonic society, Republican library of name Firdousi and up to the Ministry of Justice the small air station was, and on a place of theatre of an opera and ballet of a name of S.Ajni - the dump was stirred. For 76 years the small kishlak which has mislaid among mountains, has grown up in green, modern, industrial city with more than 600 thousand inhabitants. About 1929 for 1990 it capital of the Tadjik Soviet Socialist Republic, and with 1991 - the center of a political, economic, cultural life of the sovereign state of Republic Tadjikistan.

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