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Nurek dam
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The Nurek dam at the Vakhsh river is the tallest in the world (300 m).

Kara-Kul meteor crater
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Tomb and Mausoleum of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani
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Okno (Window) ELINT complex
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Okno Commander Colonel Sergei Chistyakov says that the complex automatically detects objects in the altitudes ranging between 2,000 and 40,000 kilometers, collects all available information on them, calculates their orbits and trajectories, and flashes the information to command centers. The complex may even be used to keep track of the targets in the altitudes of between 120 and 2,000 kilometers.
Airspace is monitored at night when objects in space reflect sunlight and the reflection provides the complex with the necessary information. Okno is fully automatic. It may operate without human supervision, keeping track of the known and newly detected objects. Since the complex operates in the passive mode, it does not use too much of electric power. (In fact, it needs as much as a house of 150 apartments uses.)

Farkhor Air Base
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Hyatt Regency Dushanbe
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Dushanbe Airport (DYU)
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Ancient Castle and Madrasah of Hisor
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Plane parts
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Historical Museum of Sughd
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The Historical Museum of Sughd is a regional history museum in Khujand, Tajikistan. It has a wide range of artifacts related to the history of the Sughd region of Tajikistan.

Palace of Unity
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The Palace of Unity (Tajik: Кохи Ваҳдат/Kokhi Vahdat/کاخ وحدت), also referred to as Vahdat Palace, is a building in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Located in the northern part of Dushanbe's main thoroughfare, Rudaki Avenue, near Hotel Avesto and the embassy of Uzbekistan, it is the headquarters of the ruling People's Democratic Party and is also used to host international conferences.
In November 2007, a bomb was left in a plastic bag near a wall outside of the Palace, in an incident labelled by authorities as a terrorist act. A seventy-seven-year-old man, variously reported to be a janitor, a street sweeper, or a security guard, was the only victim; he was killed at 8:10 AM on 14 November 2007 when he picked up the plastic bag in which the bomb was contained, causing it to explode. The explosion also blew out many windows at the palace.

Palace of Nations
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Gissar Air Base

Kulob Airport (TJU)

Arbob Cultural Palace
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The Arbob Cultural Palace is a building in Khujand, Tajikistan, the former headquarters of a Soviet collective farm, built in the 1950s and modelled on the winter gardens of Peterhof, St Petersburg.

Ismoil Somoni Peak (Highest point of Tajikistan)
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The highest mountain in Tajikistan and in the former Soviet Union, named after Ismoil Somoni, the ancestor of the Samanid dynasty.

20 Years of Independence Stadium
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20 Years of Independence Stadium, also known as 20-Letie Nezavisimosti Stadium, is a stadium in Khujand, Tajikistan. It has a capacity of 25,000 spectators. It is the home of FK Khujand of the Tajik League.

Dushanbe Flagpole
The Dushanbe Flagpole is a flagpole located in front of the Palace of Nations in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. It is the tallest free-standing flagpole in the world, at a height of 165 m (541 ft), beating the 162 m (531 ft) National Flagpole in Azerbaijan and the 133 m (436 ft) Ashgabat Flagpole at Turkmenistan. The flagpole flies a 700 kg (1,543 lb), 30 × 60 metre Flag of Tajikistan.

Khudjand Velodrome

Qurghonteppa International Airport (UTDT)

Embassy of Germany in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
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2700th Anniversary Memorial Tower
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Hotel Tajikistan
Hotel Tajikistan is a hotel located at 22 Shotemur Ulitsa, 734001, Dushanbe, Tajikistan. It is a 4-star hotel and was built in 1975 and reconstructed in 2002. A short story titled "Hotel Tajikistan" has been published by Hackwriters.com.

Tajikistan National Museum
The Tajikistan National Museum is a museum in Dushanbe, the capital city of Tajikistan.

Dushanbe Plaza
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302 ft. Completed in 2011.

Isfara Airport (UT1A)

Radar site
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Communications Service Building (tallest building in Tajikistan) under construction
403.54 ft tall upon completion in 2021

New National Museum of Tajikistan

Iskanderkul
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Iskanderkul is a mountain lake formed by a glacier. The lake is named after Alexander the Great.

Mount Garmo
Mount Garmo (Tajik: Қуллаи Гармо, Qullai Garmo, Russian: пик Гармо, pik Garmo) is a mountain of the Pamirs in Tajikistan, Central Asia, with a height reported to be between 6,595 metres and 6,602 metres.

Dushanbe Aeroflot Yak-40 crash site
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Masjidi Jami Mosque
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Fann Mountains
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Alaudinskoye Ozero
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Tajik National Guard helicopter crash site
The Tajik National Guard Helicopter crash was an accident that occurred on 6 October 2010 when a Mil Mi-8 military helicopter from the Tajik National Guard crashed in the Rasht Valley close to Ezgand and Tavildara. The helicopter became caught in power lines and crashed while attempting to land, leaving no survivors.

Sarez Lake

Lake Bolshoi

Pamir National Park
Designated a UNESCO world heritage site in 2013

Sarazm
Designated a UNESCO world heritage site in 2010

Severnyy (largest island in Tajikistan)

‘Pamir Highway’ M41 Highway Rainbow
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The M41 Highway rune for over 1,200km (700 miles) through the Pamir Mountain linking Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. It has been described as one of the world's ‘best drive’. The route is only passable during the summer months, even then it is not for the fainthearted.
Along the route of the highway there are magnificent mountains, waterfall, gushing rivers, and nomadic settlement with their flocks of sheep
Here on Street View a group of bikers have stopped to admire the view of the mountains under a beautiful rainbow.
Source: Tajikistan (Bradt Travel Guides) Editor: Sophie Ibbotson (ISBN: 978-1-78477-654-1))

Embassy of the United States in Dushanbe
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Murghab Airport

Khujand Airport
IATA: LBD, ICAO: UTDL

Embassy of Japan in Dushanbe

Boeing 737

Fedchenko Glacier
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The Fedchenko Glacier in Tajikistan is the world's largest non-polar glacier and is situated in the Parmirs Mountain Range.
The glacier covers an area of 350 square miles (9,000 km2) and is up to 45 miles (70 km) long. It is fed by numerous tributary glaciers.and can advance some 26 inches (67 cm) per day in its middle course.
The melt water from the snout of the glacier form the headwaters of the Anu Daraya and Surkhob Rivers.

Murghob (Murgob)
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In Persian ‘murghob’ means prairie river, it was former known as Pamirski Post when the town was not a permanent settlement.
Murghob is the highest town in Tajikistan at 3,618 (11,871 feet) above sea level and is situated at the junction of the Pamir Highway and the Murghab.
The town once had a Russian garrison and was at the very edge of Imperial Russia’s military advance into central Asia. The Russian garrison closed in 2002 at the time that Tajikistan gained its independence.
Source: Tajikistan (Bradt Travel Guides) Editor: Sophie Ibbotson (ISBN: 978-1-78477-654-1))

Abu 'Abd Allāh Ja'far ibn Muḥammad al-Rūdhakī Monument
This is an impressive monument for Abu 'Abd Allāh Ja'far ibn Muḥammad al-Rūdhakī which incorporates a sculpture of Rudaki standing below a beautiful arch amidst a magnificent array of fountains. At the centre of Rudaki Park in Dushanbe.
Abu 'Abd Allāh Ja'far ibn Muḥammad al-Rūdhakī, often referred to as “the Adam of Poets” was born in 858, close to the town of Panjikent in present day Tajikistan.
Rūdhakī is widely regarded as the founder of classical Persian literature and was not only an acclaimed poet but also a singer and musician. He remains to this today a strong binding force in the national identity of Tajikistan.

Embassy of Russia in Dushanbe

Tajik National Park (TNP)
TNP originally known as ‘The Pamir National Park and Nature Reserve’ was established in 1992, is the largest conservation area in central Asia encompassing nearly all the Pamir Mountains area. TNP incorporates c.18% of the land area of Tajikistan. TNP became a UNESCO world Heritage Site in 2013.
Within the TNP is the so called ‘Pamir Knot’ which is the meeting place of the highest mountain ranges in Eurasia. In the east is a high plateau while to the west ae rugged peaks some over 7,000 metres asl.
Other features of TNP are the longest non-polar valley glacier, 170 rivers and over four hundred lakes. It is rich with flora from both south-west and central Asia. Fauna in TNP includes rare and threatened birds and mammals such as Snow Leopards, Siberian Ibex and Marco Polo Argali sheep.
As a ‘mountain building’ area as evidenced by the height of the mountains in TNP there are frequent earthquakes which attracts scientists studying plate tectonics.
The P:amir Mountains region is sparsely populated and there are virtually no permanent settlements or human developments.
Source: Tajikistan (Bradt Travel Guides) Editor: Sophie Ibbotson (ISBN: 978-1-78477-654-1))

Aircraft static display

Khorugh City
Khorugh is 600km (373 miles) from Dushanbe and 730km (454 miles) from Osh at an altitude of 2,042 metres (6,700 feet) in west central Gono-Badakhshan. It is widely regarded as the gateway to the Pamir Mountains.
Khorugh is the Capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region which constitutes almost half of Tajikistan’s land area.
Up until the 19th century when it was incorporated in the Bukhara Khanate, Khorugh was an independent city state.
In 1896 the Anglo-Russian-Afghan Border Treaty was signed, and this triggered a rapid expansion of the town as the Tsarist Russian army established a garrison in the city.
It became the areas regional capital in 1925 and was given city status in 1928.
Gorno-Badakhshan is ethnically and linguistically distinct from the rest of Tajikistan and saw a 5-year civil war shortly after Tajikistan gained its independence in 1991. The region continues to suffer from political and social unrest as it seeks to gain greater autonomy from the central government in Dushanbe.
Source: Kazakhstan (Bradt Travel Guides) Editor: Paul Brummell (ISBN: 978-1-78477-092-1)

Valerian Vladimirovich Kuibyshev Monument
An imposing monument for Valerian Vladimirovich Kuibyshev was Chairman of GOSPLAN (the State Planning Commission of the USSR) in the early 1930’s. It during this time that construction of the Termez-Dushanbe commenced in the face of strong opposition from some of Tajikistan’s neighbouring Soviet Republics.
Valerian Vladimirovich Kuybyshev (6 June 1888 – 25 January 1935)
He was born in the Siberian city of Omsk and after studying at the Siberian Military Cade School briefly joined the Russian Imperial Army. His military career was cut short however by his growing political militancy and his activities as a Bolshevik.
It was as a Bolshevik that he came to the fore first as a Red Army officer and later as a prominent Soviet politician.

Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Dushanbe

Embassy of People's Republic of China in Dushanbe

Embassy of India in Dushanbe

Suspension Bridge
This pedestrian suspension bridge spans the Gunt River on the western side of the city of Khorugh close to the river’s confluence with the Panji River which forms the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan.
Khorugh is the Capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region in the Pamir Mountains, which constitutes almost half of Tajikistan’s land area.
Gorno-Badakhshan is ethnically and linguistically distinct from the rest of Tajikistan and saw a 5-year civil war shortly after Tajikistan gained its independence in 1991. The region continues to suffer from political and social unrest as it seeks to gain greater autonomy from the central government in Dushanbe.

Murghob (Murgob) Mosque
A small rough brick mosque with a single minaret on the outskirts of Murghob the capital of the Murghob District in the autonomous region of Gorno-Badaskshan in the Pamir Mountains.
In Persian ‘murghob’ means prairie river, it was former known as Pamirski Post when the town was not a permanent settlement.
Murghob is the highest town in Tajikistan at 3,618 (11,871 feet) above sea level and is situated at the junction of the Pamir Highway and the Murghab.
The town once had a Russian garrison and was at the very edge of Imperial Russia’s military advance into central Asia. The Russian garrison closed in 2002 at the time that Tajikistan gained its independence.

Ayni Airport
LID: АЙН

Pamiri Botanical Gardens
The Pamiri Botanical Gardens are roughly 6km east of Khorugh the Capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan in the Pamir Mountains.
The Gardens are laid out on terraces near the confluence of the rivers Gunt and Shahdara and cover an area of 624ha.
The gardens were established in 1940 by a group of scientists led by Professor Anatoly Gursky. The gardens are at 2320 meters asl and offer a unique opportunity to study plant life in this mountain environment.
Over the years trees, shrubs and plants have been collected from around the world and brought to the gardens, and it is estimated that there are now more than 4,000 plant species in its grounds.

Khorog Airport
ICAO: UTOD

Moskovskiy Pyandzh Air Base

Khorugh Central Park
This is a small park on the north side of Lenin Street near the Khoron State University in the city of Khorugh.
The park is dominated by a bronze statue of Ismail Somoni who is widely considered to be the father of the Tajik Nation. This large monument is flanked on both side by busts of prominent Tajik leaders.
The park is much in keeping with those from the Soviet era, with paved walkways, fountains, and well-maintained flower beds.
To the north of the park and behind the Somoni statue are Government administration buildings which are in turn are dwarfed by the mountains behind.
The park offers a peaceful place in which to contemplate and forget the troubles of the modern world.
Source: Kazakhstan (Bradt Travel Guides) Editor: Paul Brummell (ISBN: 978-1-78477-092-1)

Statue of Ismail Somoni
This statue of Ismail Somoni (Abu Ibrahim Isma’il ibn Ahmadj) who was a Samanid emir in the 9th century who consolidated administrative power in the region which today constitutes the Republic of Tajikistan.
The bronze figure of Somoni is on top of a tall granite plinth and shows him wearing flowing Persian robes, a crown and his right hand he is carrying a sceptre.
He is today widely considered to be the father of the Tajik Nation.
Source: Kazakhstan (Bradt Travel Guides) Editor: Paul Brummell (ISBN: 978-1-78477-092-1)

Panj Airport