Tajikistan is the most mountainous area of the former Soviet Union. A terrible civil war broke out here right after the collapse of the USSR. And there’s war-torn Afghanistan just across the border. Here is where the Pamir mountains rise next to plains with lemon trees. Here is where they got rid of Soviet symbols, but Russia remained their friend and protector. Here’s my new video about another post-Soviet country. Enjoy!

Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:04:21 Hometown 30 years later
00:07:57 Civil War in Tajikistan
00:11:39 History of Tajikistan
00:14:25 Soviet rule in Tajikistan
00:20:07 Hujum - Women's Liberation Campaign
00:23:55 Lenin in Dushanbe
00:25:08 Tajikistan - an international republic
00:28:38 Taboshar - a local “Switzerland” rich in uranium
00:31:06 Cotton in Tajikistan
00:33:01 Great Patriotic War
00:36:18 Cinema in Tajikistan
00:37:08 Dekhkanin's House
00:39:39 Lost heritage of the USSR
00:41:42 The best years of the republic
00:43:10 Division of power in Tajikistan
00:45:08 The collapse of the USSR and the independence of Tajikistan
00:51:44 The beginning of the civil war
00:55:10 Emomali Rakhmonov - Chairman of the Supreme Council
00:56:03 Gorno-Badakhshan in blockade
00:59:20 Manizha on leaving the country
01:00:25 End of the Civil War
01:03:54 Refugees from Tajikistan
01:06:38 Tajikistan’s lemons
01:09:00 Tajikistan's industry
01:10:34 Radioactive waste in Taboshar
01:13:09 Gold in Tajikistan
01:15:30 Pensions in Tajikistan
01:16:44 Labor migrants from Tajikistan
01:23:00 Russian language in Tajikistan
01:25:53 Youth in Tajikistan
01:27:43 Designer Nafisa Imranova
01:31:04 Manizha and Eurovision
01:32:04 Tajikistan and Afghanistan
01:38:19 Emomali Rahmon is the eternal president of the country
01:42:41 Freedom of speech in Tajikistan
01:47:00 Emomali Rahmon's cult of personality
01:48:53 Conclusion