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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
20th century
- 1923 - Town of Dushanbe established in the Emirate of Bukhara.[1]
- 1925 - Town becomes capital of the Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- 1929
- 1934 - Tajikistan National Museum established.
- 1935 - Ura-tepe-Stalinabad road opens.[1]
- 1946 - Pamir Stadium opens.
- 1950 - CSKA Pomir Dushanbe football club formed.
- 1951 - Academy of Sciences of Tajik SSR established.
- 1955 - Trolleybuses begin operating.
- 1960 - Zoo opens.
- 1961 - City named "Dushanbe" again.[2]
- 1964 - Dushanbe Airport in operation.
- 1965 - Population: 312,000.[3]
- 1975 - Palace of Unity and Hotel Tajikistan built.
- 1979 - Population: 510,000.[4]
- 1981 - Saodat Teahouse built.[5]
- 1984 - Goskino Cinema and Concert Hall built.[5]
- 1985 - Population: 552,000 (estimate).[6]
- 1987 - Sister city relationship active with Boulder, Colorado, USA.[7]
- 1990
- 12–14 February: Dushanbe riots.
- Gurminj Museum of Musical Instruments established.
- 1992 - Demonstrations against government.[8]
- 1996
- Mahmadsaid Ubaydulloyev becomes mayor.
- Dynamo Dushanbe football club formed.
- Russian-Tajik Slavonic University established.
- 1997 - Presidential Palace stormed.[9]
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21st century
- 2002 - Curfew lifted.[9]
- 2003
- Academy of Maqâm founded.[10]
- 2003 Central Asian Games held.
- 2005 - January: Car explosion.[8]
- 2007
- 14 November: Bombing at Palace of Unity.
- Istiqlol Dushanbe football club formed.
- Population: 670,168.[11]
- 2009 - New Dushanbe Synagogue opens.
- 2011 - Dushanbe Flagpole erected.
- 2012 - 5 September: Fire in Karvon market, and subsequent protest.[12]
- 2017 - Population: 823,787 (estimate).[13]
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