Rudaki Avenue Explained

Rudaki Avenue (Tajik: хиёбони Рӯдакӣ, Russian: проспект Рудаки) is the main thoroughfare street in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan.^{[1] [2] [3]} The street is named after Rudaki, the Tajik national poet.^[4] The street was known as Lenin Avenue during the Soviet period, and used to host a statue of Vladimir Lenin.^[5] The street received its current name in the summer of 1992.^[6]

Key administrative buildings and cultural institutions are located on the street.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Peknik, George. The Meaning of the Boulder-Dushanbe Teahouse. Boulder, Colo: Hoopoe Publications, 2004. p. 123
2. Lederach, John Paul. The Moral Imagination The Art and Soul of Building Peace. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
3. Ó Beacháin, Donnacha, and Abel Polese. The Colour Revolutions in the Former Soviet Republics: Successes and Failures. London: Routledge, 2010. p. 181
4. Thubron, Colin. The Lost Heart of Asia. London: Heinemann, 1994. p. 276
5. Yarshater, Ehsan. Encyclopaedia Iranica. London [u.a.]: Routledge & Paul, 1996. p. 600
6. Trutanov, Igor' V. Zwischen Koran und Coca Cola. Berlin: Aufbau-Taschenbuch-Verl, 1994. p. 188
7. Abdullaev, K. N., and Shahram Akbarzadeh. Historical Dictionary of Tajikistan. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 2010. p. 119