Timeline of Dushanbe

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.
 * 1925 - Town becomes capital of the Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
 * 1929
 * Town renamed "Stalinabad."
 * Railroad begins operating.
 * 1934 - Tajikistan National Museum established.
 * 1935 - Ura-tepe-Stalinabad road opens.
 * 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.
 * 1964 - Dushanbe Airport in operation.
 * 1965 - Population: 312,000.
 * 1975 - Palace of Unity and Hotel Tajikistan built.
 * 1979 - Population: 510,000.
 * 1981 - Saodat Teahouse built.
 * 1984 - Goskino Cinema and Concert Hall built.
 * 1985 - Population: 552,000 (estimate).
 * 1987 - Sister city relationship active with Boulder, Colorado, USA.
 * 1990
 * 12–14 February: Dushanbe riots.
 * Gurminj Museum of Musical Instruments established.
 * 1992 - Demonstrations against government.
 * 1996
 * Mahmadsaid Ubaydulloyev becomes mayor.
 * Dynamo Dushanbe football club formed.
 * Russian-Tajik Slavonic University established.
 * 1997 - Presidential Palace stormed.

21st century

 * 2002 - Curfew lifted.
 * 2003
 * Academy of Maqâm founded.
 * 2003 Central Asian Games held.
 * 2005 - January: Car explosion.
 * 2007
 * 14 November: Bombing at Palace of Unity.
 * Istiqlol Dushanbe football club formed.
 * Population: 670,168.
 * 2009 - New Dushanbe Synagogue opens.
 * 2011 - Dushanbe Flagpole erected.
 * 2012 - 5 September: Fire in Karvon market, and subsequent protest.
 * 2017 - Population: 823,787 (estimate).