{"id":48551,"date":"2026-05-25T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novastan.org\/en\/?p=48551"},"modified":"2026-05-25T10:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T08:29:15","slug":"postcards-from-tajikistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novastan.org\/en\/photo-of-the-day\/postcards-from-tajikistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Postcards from Tajikistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: revert;white-space: normal\">A classic scene in Tajikistan: at the end of a flower-lined avenue with immaculately trimmed borders, the portrait of President\u00a0<\/span><a aria-label=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emomali_Rahmon\" data-tooltip-position=\"top\" style=\"white-space: normal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emomali_Rahmon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"external-link\">Emomali Rahmon<\/a><span style=\"font-size: revert;white-space: normal\">\u00a0reigns supreme. A former Soviet apparatchik, he carved out a presidential role for himself in the aftermath of the USSR&#8217;s collapse. He proved particularly adept at neutralizing opposition forces during the\u00a0<\/span><a aria-label=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tajikistani_Civil_War\" data-tooltip-position=\"top\" style=\"white-space: normal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tajikistani_Civil_War\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"external-link\">civil war<\/a><span style=\"font-size: revert;white-space: normal\"> that scarred the country from 1992 to 1997. Since then, he has ruled with a paternalistic iron fist,\u00a0<\/span><a aria-label=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Islamic_Renaissance_Party_of_Tajikistan\" data-tooltip-position=\"top\" style=\"white-space: normal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Islamic_Renaissance_Party_of_Tajikistan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"external-link\">criminalizing all political opposition<\/a><span style=\"font-size: revert;white-space: normal\">. His portrait is plastered across every public space in the country. Post offices, police stations, tennis courts, customs posts, border crossings : all are graced with a likeness of the country&#8217;s strongman, tailored, naturally, to the theme of the building. A simple taxi ride is enough for any visitor to get acquainted with President Rahmon: through the window, he&#8217;ll catch a glimpse of him here playing tennis, there cradling sheaves of wheat, waving to a crowd, or shaking hands with the leaders of neighboring powers. Here, in the country&#8217;s second city,\u00a0<\/span><a aria-label=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khujand\" data-tooltip-position=\"top\" style=\"white-space: normal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khujand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"external-link\">Khujand<\/a><span style=\"font-size: revert;white-space: normal\">, he allows himself a bucolic stroll through a field of flowers.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Credits : Marc Br\u00e9dif (France) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find <a style=\"color: #f57d20; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/novastan.org\/en\/tag\/photo-of-the-day\/\">all of our photos of the day<\/a>. You can buy some of these and receive them at home: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/novastan.org\/en\/novastan\/you-can-buy-novastans-pictures-of-the-day\/\">here is the list<\/a><\/span>! If you can't find your picture in the list, mail us to <a href=\"mailto:photo@novastan.org\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">photo@novastan.org<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A classic scene in Tajikistan: at the end of a flower-lined avenue with immaculately trimmed borders, the portrait of President\u00a0Emomali Rahmon\u00a0reigns supreme. A former Soviet apparatchik, he carved out a presidential role for himself in the aftermath of the USSR&#8217;s collapse. 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