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The Tajik people came under Russian rule in the 1860s and 1870s, but Russia's hold on Central Asia weakened following the Revolution of 1917. Bolshevik control of the area was fiercely contested and not fully reestablished until 1925. Tajikistan became independent in 1991 following the breakup of the Soviet Union and has now completed its transition from the civil war that plagued the country from 1992 to 1997. There have been no major security incidents in recent years, although the country remains the poorest in the region. Attention by the international community in the wake of the war in Afghanistan has brought increased economic development assistance, which could create jobs and increase stability in the long term. Tajikistan is in the early stages of seeking World Trade Organization membership and has joined NATO's Partnership for Peace. To be updated

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By maxicoley
September 12th 2008

Hissar Asia » Tajikistan

Today I ventued out to Hissar a town with at least a 3000 year history. The remains of a fort (with restored gatehouse) and a couple of Madrassas and a great museum. AFter the conventional tourists part I found the Stone Mosque in the South of Town which dates with sections from the 9th century. But looking at it I'd have to wonder if this is really true. [View Full Entry]

By maxicoley
September 10th 2008

Samarqand to Dushanbe Asia » Tajikistan

A little of the journey follows. With Katherine (an english historian I met in the hostel) I caught a shared taxi from nearby the hostel. This was a first mistake of a couple made which clearly just adds to experience without all that much danger. He drove us literatly 800 metres and stopped at a share taxi station. The problem was it was the wrong taxi station and then after heavy price negiation we finally were on our way to the right station about 6kms from the centre. There were as usual at these types of places 10s of people crowded [View Full Entry]

By burningmatt
June 9th 2008

That was the week that was Asia » Tajikistan

You need a special permit to explore Pam Ayres, because this is a highly sensitive area. It's well worth it though, to see giant peaks and dramatic vistas into the valleys. If you go deep into the valleys and hunt in amongst the bushes you find all sorts of hidden wonders that will bring you great pleasure. I am, of course, talking about the Pamirs of Tajikistan, where I've been for most of the last week. Let's start in Osh where, mindful of the problems of shared taxis (and even more mindf [View Full Entry]

By pjg07
November 11th 2007

Tasting Marathons Asia » Tajikistan

The tastevin. And other smoke and mirrors

Big day of tasting, today. 31 wines in two caves (before and after lunch - a day of two caves, as you might say), and the lesson is that the French are not going to let just any geek off the street taste their best wine. We learned that the 2000 reds are in decline, and the Burgundians are trying to get rid of them, The 2004 reds were mostly no good. We tasted one worthwhile red, and one worthwhile white and the rest was OK or corked, or just no good. Also, the metal dimpled, saucer-shaped tastevin they issue you [View Full Entry]

By Burnley Mike
September 7th 2007

Tajikistan Part 2 - The Tail of Two Journeys, (Mechanic, Lada Rallies and Food Poisoning Asia » Tajikistan

Soviet era statue - Dushanbe

- Thurs 18th - Tuesday 24th July 2007 - I don't know what this Blog says about me, the people I met, or just Tajikistan in general, but the most memorable things that happened to me in my remaining time in Tajikistan involved bus / taxi journeys and two journeys in particular. During the remaining seven days that I was in Tajikistan, I visited the capital Dushanbe and a couple of other places, but even a few weeks after visiting when I was thinking about what to write for this Blog, I found it almost impossible to remember exactly what I'd [View Full Entry]

Khorog to Dushanbe along the Tajik/ Afghan border

By Burnley Mike
August 18th 2007

The Pamir Highway - Illegal Entry into Tajikistan Asia » Tajikistan

Small town in Kyrgyzstan with the Pamir Mountains in the forground

- Thurs 12th July - Wed 17th July 2007 - I'd been undecided (me? - never!) about whether to go to Tajikistan since planning this trip. It sounded like a wonderfully scenic country and would be the nearest I would probably get to being in Afghanistan without actually going to Afghanistan itself. On the other hand, I wasn't sure whether I had the time or inclination to go, especially as it seemed to be hard going and difficult to get around once in the country as there is supposedly very little public transport. Furthermore, the country was still supposedly subject to [View Full Entry]

By Hiasi
August 5th 2007

Over the top - the Pamir Highway Asia » Tajikistan

the Pamir Highway

As I wrote last time, we arrived safely in Alichur and checked in to the home stay of the local English teacher, a 50 year old woman. She was living with her husband, two of her children and a nephew who was on visit from Khorog. We explored the "huge" village and found out that it is half Tajik and half Kyrgyz, with the city hall in the middle. The Tajiks live in the Western part, where you find a Tajik shop and houses, whereas the Eastern part of the village is home of a Kyrgyz mosque, a Kyrgyz shop and [View Full Entry]

By Hiasi
July 26th 2007

The Wakhan valley - Afghanistan's back door Asia » Tajikistan

me with my new hat

Safely arrived in Dushanbe, I took my time to relax and regain strength for the next step of my journey... The city itself is very nice, though unexciting and not very interesting. You’ll find tree-lined avenues filled with Russian cars, big Land rovers of development aid workers and the occasional Mercedes of a Tajik who made his fortune with his contacts or by selling out the country's resources to mainly Russian, Chinese or British companies. You'll find Russian style stucco houses in pale colors, preferably light pink or fading green with huge white balustrades overlooki [View Full Entry]

By Hiasi
July 19th 2007

Odyssey in the Fan Mountains Asia » Tajikistan

the Tajik flag

...as I wrote you, my little bath had an influence on my onward journey... So after the nice evening in the small Tajik village, I prepared myself to get up around 9 o'clock, as the bus to Iskander Kul was meant to leave around 11 from the city. That night I couldn't really sleep well and you can imagine my surprise when I was woken up at 5 in the morning...."we have to go!!!" WHERE? WHY? Everydboy was up (how I hate mornings!) and they told me that they want to show me the "city" first (they could've told me that [View Full Entry]

By Elena and Tom
January 20th 2007

Assalom u aleykum from Dushanbe Asia » Tajikistan

Wanchaq Market

Hey Everyone! Sorry for taking so long to post again, we're too lazy to go to an internet cafe and Rafo's computer was having some trouble running Travelblog. How is everything in your parts of the world? Peru is as gorgeous as ever, we've had mixed weather, a little bit from everyone. Here's a brief overview since we last posted: SATURDAY (January 13th): Elena took a two hour bus ride and half hour taxi ride with other students from school to Maras, a place in the Sacred Valley where the Incas had agricultural fields. The fields are arranged in stacked circular [View Full Entry]

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