Christmas Eve was at this very old palace on the outskirts of Dushanbe. We couldn't figure out how to tell the taxi driver where to go, so my friend Javid said "place of house of king?" It worked.
Asia » Tajikistan » Khujand 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 beca... ... read more
A record of my adventures and misadventures as an English teacher in Tajikistan--a land so unknown to me and mine that we've tried to tether it to something familiar with the nickname "The Persian Colorado." You know, on account of the mountains. And the Persians.
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