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Khujand: Northern Capital on the Syr Darya
June 15, 2015
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As one of the oldest cities in Central Asia, conquested by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC and renamed to Alexandria Eskhata, current-day Khujand (formerly known as Leninobod) functions as the northern capital of Tajikistan. Situated on the Syr Darya River at the mouth of th
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