"Monday" - this is how the name of the capital of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, the ancient Dushambe, who also managed to be Stalin's fortress for more than thirty years, was also transferred to the whim of destiny.At the beginning of the 17th century, a village appeared at the crossroads of Asian roads, where on Mondays a market was arranged .As time went by, the village grew and soon turned into a district center, the noisy markets of which boiled people and goods not only one day a week - and the name was still .Modern Dushanbe is a city in which the wild breath of Asia is felt, and at the same time it is the cultural, economic and political center of the country .Under the neoclassical facades of skyscrapers in snack bars in the old manner, a fragrant pilaf is cooked, gray-bearded old men sip hot tea in tea-houses, and in the stream of cars the peasant on the donkey will inevitably get .The

How to get to Dushanbe

From Moscow to Dushanbe can be reached by direct flights of "Tajikistan Airlines" or UTair. The journey takes 4 hours and 20 minutes. S7 brings to the capital of Tajikistan with a transfer in Novosibirsk. Residents of St. Petersburg can also get to Dushanbe on the wings of the "Airlines of Tajikistan" on Thursdays and Sundays or flights of SCC "Russia". The journey takes 5 hours.

From Dushanbe airport to the city center you can reach by public transport: trolley bus No. 4, bus number 8 (less than 1 TJS per fare), minibus 1, 7, 8, 14, 16, 33 or taxi services - 10-15 TJS per day time and half the price at night.

In Dushanbe, you can also arrive by train, three times a week, following the route Moscow Kazanskaya - Volgograd - Atyrau - Termez - Dushanbe. Such a journey will last for more than four days.

Transport in the city

The center of Dushanbe is, in fact, one main street and several secondary ones crossing it - so all this topographical "wealth" can easily be inspected on foot. For longer trips, and if after a regular museum the legs refuse to serve you, you can hire a taxi. Within the city, the trip will cost 5-8 TJS. In addition, you can "go to the people" and ride on Dushanbe buses, trolley-buses and minibuses, tirelessly scurrying through the streets of the capital. The ticket costs 0, 4-0, 6 TJS.

Climate

March 1, Sunday Overcast +11 ° С in the afternoon +4 ° C at night ° С water	March 2, Monday Cloudy with a thin sky +11 ° С in the afternoon +5 ° С at night ° С water	March 3, Tuesday Cloudy +10 ° С in the afternoon +3 ° C at night ° С water
Dushanbe weather forecast for 10 days

Cuisine and restaurants in Dushanbe

Tajik national cuisine can be tasted in catering eateries, which are "hammered" in the center of the city, but exist in remote areas. Frozen worm can be sandwiches with chopped sausages "kabobs" or the "kabobs" themselves, garnished with vegetable salads. Everywhere they cook shish kebab - from mutton or "mixed" with vegetables and fatty fat. The meal is served with delicious bread baked in a primitive stove "tandyra", and sour-milk drink "ayran".

In addition, in Dushanbe, a lot of restaurants are "friendly" cuisines - Uzbek, Georgian, Iranian and Turkish. Popular among the local population are Turkish Café Merve and NBM (here they prepare exceptionally delicious continental breakfasts with fresh feta and olives), Georgian "Tiflis" (an extensive wine list) and "Cafe Georgia" (cheaper but not less tasty), Middle Eastern Al -Sham and "Chayhana Rohat". You can smell the spirit of Paris in the hot breath of Asia in the La Grande Dame brasserie - "lavatstsa", pastries, baguettes and crepes.

Shopping and shopping

Products of folk crafts, souvenirs and all kinds of necessary goods in life can be bought in the old-beloved TSUM - yes, in the center of Dushanbe there is a "central, universal, fashionable" .By the way, this is a good reason to ponostalgate in the Moscow namesake of the times of socialism, when colossus, colt bottles, and rubber boots lay on state regiments, and not "witch-eaters" for five salaries. .Pamir's goods (products from yak wool, books and CDs) live in the shop "Tilia Teppe", which is in the shopping center of Bactria .For Tajik colorful robes, skullcaps, embroidered "suzane", carpets and rugs, as well as extremely beautiful silk handkerchiefs, we recommend going to the "Silk Road" store on Shotemur Street, side by side with the Moscow State University branch .This is one of the best "souvenirs" in the city .Traditional silver Tajik jewelry (as well as their modern counterparts) is worth seeing in the Modigliani, opposite the Opera and Ballet Theater .For painting and sculpture in Tajik, go to the Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists (the corner of Rudaki Avenue and Somoni Street) - the majority of exhibited items are on sale .For oriental colors, go to the traditional Barakat bazaar .The

Entertainment, excursions and attractions in Dushanbe

The main archeological monument of the Tajik capital is located 26 km from the city - this is Gissar fortress, fortified fort 13 in with two madrassas, a later mausoleum (16th c) and a vast inner square. The thickness of the fortress walls is more than 1 m; they are dotted with loopholes for guns and cannons. The Gissar fort once served as the residence of the Bek, governor of the Emir of Bukhara, whose domain was in Dushanbe.

Among the modern monuments can be found a monument to the founder of the Tajik state Ismail Somoni and a statue of the poet Rudaki, considered the founder of Tajik classical poetry. In Rudaki Park you can see wonderful fountains, beautifully illuminated at night. Islamic architecture is represented by the mosque and madrasah of Haji Yakub.

You can learn more about the Tajik history at the Museum of Antiquities, the Museum of Archeology and the Museum of Ethnography. The Museum of Musical Instruments Gurminj is extremely interesting - especially when musical evenings are arranged in its halls and artifacts come to life in the hands of masters.

In the Republican library you can admire the most valuable manuscripts of the great Firdausi, Saadi and Ibn Sino. Photos Dushanbe (12)