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Treacherous Journey...in Good Hands

Khujand, Khorog, Khazad Dum...

September 9th 2012
Quick quiz: which of the above-mentioned place names is NOT actually a place in Tajikistan? Strange place names out of the ancient past aside, I have finally arrived (as of last Wednesday) in the place I will call home for the next 10 months. And what a home it is! Khujand is in—well, right next to—the mountains, so the air is clean and fresh and not as dusty and dense as the capital. With t ... read more
Asia » Tajikistan » Khujand

Tajikistani Flag 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
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