Tajikistan: Is an Arbor Boondoggle Growing in Dushanbe? Copyright show: No Back when it was called Stalinabad, former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin reportedly took a personal interest in the greening of his namesake city, now known as Dushanbe. A massive tree-planting initiative accordingly created a green canopy to shade the capital from Tajikistan’s scorching summers. read more
March 10, 2014 - EurasiaNet