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Soviet Tajikistan: Arrival of the first train in Dushanbe

Soviet Tajikistan: Arrival of the first train in Dushanbe

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Documentary

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On September 11, 1929, the first Termez-Dushanbe train arrived at the newly built station in the Tajik capital. However, not only the train was the first that day - the shots of the arrival of the locomotive, as well as people waiting for it with excitement, became the basis of the first Tajik film.

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Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

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Rating

8/10

Release Date

16 October 1929

Country

Soviet Union

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