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Mirrored wall with National Flags at the Palace. This room has held many international meetings.

To the left of the doorway street level is a blow up dummy man that waves in the wind with his free hand to enter in to the facility. ome into the restaurant side of the facility.

Statue of Tatar Timur 718-785. Timur Rose To Power Despite A Serious Physical Disability. Timur was a conqueror born into a tribe of horsemen in the area of Central Asia that is today Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. As a young man, Timur led a band of lawless fighters who robbed traveling merchants and engaged themselves in problems with local tribes.

In the distance is the statue of Ismail Somoni who was a ruler and hero of this region and there are many places named after him in the city.

National Museum has a total area of 72,000 square feet of exhibition halls. It is composed of four exhibition departments—Department of Natural History, Department of Ancient and Medieval History, Department of Modern and Contemporary History, and Department of Fine and Applied Arts.

National Museum

Presidential Palace. The Palace of the Nation is the official residence of the President of Tajikistan.

Azadi Park with the Presidential Palace, Palace of Nation, in the background of the photo.

Rudaki Monument. He was a Persian poet, 859 - 940 A.D.

Front view of the Rudaki Monument

Fountain laid walkway to National Library

National Library of Tajikistan with over 6 million books

Fountain walkway with back to the National Library looking opposite direction.

Unfinished building with air bridge between both buildings.

The 39 foot tall monument to Ismoil Somoni is dwarfed by a 129 foot arch directly behind, which is topped by a golden crown. monument of Ismoil Somoni and Dusti Square. The monument of Ismoil Somoni constructed in honor of the founder of the statehood of the Tajik nation Ismail Somoni. I. Somoni was the head of the Samanids State in the VIII-IX century. The lions represent courage.

National flag of Tajikistan

Tajikistan National Museum of Antiquities - was established in 1934 on the basis of the Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy and Expeditionary Research. The museum collection contains unique finds, such as the preserved artifact of the "Queen of Sarazm" in Sarazm, Sughd region, near the city of Penjikent and a twelve-meter figure of Buddha, found by archaeologists in 1961 in the town of Ajina-Tepa in southern Tajikistan.

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