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Stalinabad

proper noun

  1. former name of Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan
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Wiktionary

name

Etymology: From Russian Сталинабад (Stalinabad). Named after Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Equivalent to Stalin + -abad.

  1. Former name of Dushanbe from 1929 to 1961; a city in Tajikistan, Soviet Union.