Editor’s Note: What follows is part of a cross-blog survey that sheds light on the rich ethnic tapestry of Central Asia.
Many times Ive talked to Kyrgyz people in Bishkek and most of them are surprised to find out that there is a region in the eastern part of Tajikistan inhabited by ethnic Kyrgyz people. […]
Editor’s Note: What follows is part of a cross-blog survey that sheds light on the rich ethnic tapestry of Central Asia. This post is cross-posted at Otto’s Random Thoughts
By 1999 almost all of the 30,000 Russian-Germans that had been recorded as living in Tajikistan in 1989 had left. Although large scale German settlement in […]
The other day Vadim reported that President Emomali Rakhmanov voiced his desire to change his last name to “Rakhmon.” Rakhmonov figured that such a move would ingratiate Tajikistan with fellow Persian-speaking countries like Iran and Afghanistan, promote national identity, and distance it from its colonial past.
Name changing is, of course, a personal choice, […]
Recently Rahmonov in his speech for the local intelligentsia expressed a wish to return to the cultural roots and use a national toponymy. He wants to cut off the Russian ending ov of his family name.
We should return to our cultural roots and use our national toponymy. In different documents, even in international ones, […]
Why do many women accept the system of male dominance? asked one of my professors from the United States. Even though, in Tajikistan, it is widely spread that males have more authority than females, this question had never came up to my mind before.
Indeed, even though women fought/fighting for gender equality, there are […]
Probably, this winter has been the hardest in the life of Tajik people since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Two to three hours of electricity and natural gas daily is not enough to heat houses. Demand is rising, but the government cannot satisfy peoples needs and wants. Maybe it is a high time […]
Rahmonov asked the local businessmen to stop building mosques. Wow! The Tajik newspaper Sobitiya (RUS), reports that nowadays Tajikistan is the only country in CIS, which does not ban Islamic parties. However the author thinks that it does not mean the secular authority is not concerned about the islamization process in the country.
It […]
Seems like the energy crisis in Tajikistan will never end, the situation gets worse every day. In addition to all the electricity problems which were torturing the population throughout the whole winter it is aggravated by the low level of water in the reservoir of the Nurek hydroelectric power station the main station […]
We have a new blogger in the Tajik blogosphere. I think it is worth to mention in our blog. We dont have a lot of information about John Mussara but what we know is that he works in the field of law, now lives in Dushanbe and does not like raining days. His blog […]
This is the first time I hear that Russia donated a food aid to support the World Food Program’s operations in Tajikistan. I think it is an unusual thing. This program could never be associated with Russia. It is a strange mix. Usually Russia supports the military initiatives or big industrial projects (hydro-energy or […]
