Editing Dushanbe (section)

=== Capital of Tajikistan ===
{{See also|Tajikistani Civil War}}
[[File:Рустами Эмомали (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|[[Rustam Emomali]]]]
Dushanbe became the capital of an independent Tajikistan on 9 September 1991.<ref name="Nourzhanov-2013" /> Iran, the United States, and Russia soon opened embassies in Dushanbe in early 1992.<ref name="Abdullaev-2018b" />

Dushanbe was controlled by the [[Popular Front of Tajikistan|Popular Front]]-supported government during most of the 1992–1997 [[Tajikistani Civil War]], although the Islamist and Democratic [[United Tajik Opposition]] managed to capture the capital in 1992 until 8000 Russian-backed and Uzbekistani-backed government troops regained control of Dushanbe.<ref name="Bleuer-2013">{{Cite book|last=Bleuer, Christian|title=Tajkistan: A Political and Social History.|date=2013|publisher=ANU Press|isbn=978-1-925021-15-8|pages=327–329|chapter=Epilogue: The Civil War of 1992|oclc=1076650077}}</ref> Most of the Russian population fled the capital during the violence of this time period while large amounts of rural Tajiks moved in; by 1993, more than half of the Russian population had fled.<ref name="Abdullaev-2018a" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Refugees|first=United Nations High Commissioner for|title=Refworld {{!}} Chronology for Russians in Tajikistan|url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/469f38e51e.html|access-date=2020-08-03|website=Refworld}}</ref> The factions during the civil war were organized primarily upon [[Regions of Tajikistan|regional]] lines.<ref name="Bleuer-2013" /> The war was ended by a 27 June 1997 armistice, administered by the UN, that guaranteed the opposition 30% of the positions in the government.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The long echo of Tajikistan's civil war|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/long-echo-of-tajikistan-s-civil-war/|access-date=2020-08-03|website=openDemocracy|archive-date=9 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809210932/https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/long-echo-of-tajikistan-s-civil-war/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2000, Dushanbe received internet access for the first time.<ref name="Abdullaev-2018b" /> In 2004, the UNESCO declared Dushanbe as a city of peace.<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 May 2019|title=Tajikistan and UNESCO Cooperation|url=https://www.mfa.tj/en/main/view/5174/tajikistan-and-unesco-cooperation|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan}}</ref> [[Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloev]] was declared [[mayor of Dushanbe]] in 1996, after during the [[Tajikistani Civil War|civil war]] era many said he was in real control of the government.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Analysis: Dushanbe's Ex-Mayor One Of The Last Of Civil War Era|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/tajikistan-ubaidulloev-dushanbe-mayor-dismissal-civil-war-rahmon/28249742.html|access-date=2020-08-03|newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|date=23 January 2017 |last1=Pannier |first1=Bruce }}</ref> He was the mayor of the capital for the longest term of any mayor, 21 years, until 2017.<ref name="Shermatov-2017" /> From independence, the city's economy has grown consistently up until the [[COVID-19 recession]].<ref name="Dushanbe-2020d">{{Cite web|title=/ Исполнительный орган государственной власти города Душанбе|url=https://www.dushanbe.tj/ru/rushdi-i-tisodiyot|access-date=2020-09-26|website=www.dushanbe.tj|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Пандемия нанесла огромный урон таджикской экономике. ВИДЕО|url=https://rus.ozodi.org/a/30706882.html|access-date=2020-09-26|website=Радио Озоди|date=5 July 2020 |language=ru}}</ref> In January 2017, [[Rustam Emomali]], current [[President of Tajikistan|President]] [[Emomali Rahmon]]'s son, was appointed [[Mayor of Dushanbe]], a move which is seen by some analysts as a step to reaching the top of the government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thepoliticon.net/analytics/275-tajikistan-regime-eternalization-completed.html|title=Tajikistan: regime eternalization completed?|date=26 January 2017|website=The Politicon|access-date=26 January 2017|archive-date=8 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108093820/http://thepoliticon.net/analytics/275-tajikistan-regime-eternalization-completed.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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