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Paratroopers' Day (Tajikistan)
Paratroopers' Day () is a day celebrating the Tajik Mobile Forces, which is as service branch of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan. It is celebrated on August 4, and has been celebrated on this date since 2007. The holiday was created by the Ministry of Defence. On the holiday in 2014, a war game demonstration was held in Fakhrobod, some 30 kilometers south of Dushanbe Dushanbe ( tg, Душанбе, ; ; russian: Душанбе) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 863,400 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (ru ..., attended by senior officials, as well as other officers, politicians, and veterans of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. References August observances Armed Forces days Public holidays in Tajikistan {{Tajikistan-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tajik Mobile Forces
The Mobile Forces ( tg, Қӯшунҳои Зудамали) are the paratroopers of the armed forces of Tajikistan. They are similar to the Russian Airborne Troops, whom they often train with. The Mobile Forces act as an elite special forces unit, subservient to the Defense Ministry and separate from the ground forces. Although they are called paratroopers, the Mobile Forces often deployed out of helicopters, as the Tajik Air Force has few fixed wing aircraft. History On 2 August 1997, the 7th Airborne Assault Battalion was formed. It was the first airborne brigade to be formed in the country. About half of the brigade's officer corps, served during the Tajikistani Civil War. In September 2003, the Mobile Forces were created. It was formed from all the airborne units (including the battalion), as well as the special forces, mountain rifle units and some other subunits. On 4 August 2007, the Ministry of Defence created a Paratroopers' Day to celebrate the Mobile Forces. Training a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armed Forces Of The Republic Of Tajikistan
tg, Қувваҳои Мусаллаҳи Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, italics=off , image=File:Tajik Armed Forces Shoulder Patch.jpg , image_size= , image2 = , alt2 = Roundel , caption=The shoulder patch of the armed forces , founded= , current_form= , branches= Ground Forces Air Force Mobile ForcesSecurity Forces ∟ National Guard ∟ Internal Troops ∟ Border Troops , headquarters=Dushanbe , commander-in-chief= Emomali Rahmon , commander-in-chief_title= Supreme Commander-in-Chief , minister= Colonel-General Sherali Mirzo , minister_title= Minister of Defense , commander= Lieutenant-General Emomali Sobirzoda , commander_title= Chief of the General Staff , age= , conscription=18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation – 2 years , manpower_data=2005 est. , manpower_age= , available=1,556,415 , available_f=1,568,780 , fit=1,244,941 , fit_f=1,297,891 , reaching=87,846 , reaching_f=85 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Defence (Tajikistan)
The Ministry of Defence of Tajikistan (russian: Министерство обороны Таджикистан ; tg, Вазорати мудофиаи Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, translit=Vazorati mudofiai Çumhurii Toçikiston) is the defence ministry, defence ministry (government department), ministry of Tajikistan, overseeing the Tajik Ground Forces, Tajik Air Force, Air Force, Tajik Mobile Forces, Mobile Forces. It also oversees purchases of equipment for the Military of Tajikistan, Tajik military. The other branches of the military, such as the Tajik Border Troops, Border and Tajik Internal Troops, Internal Troops, are overseen by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Tajikistan), Interior Ministry of Tajikistan. The Defence Ministry was founded in 1993 with Russian assistance. History Origins The ministry succeeded the Defense Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan, led by former military commissar of the Tajik SSR General Muminzhan Mamadjanov. It was founded j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dushanbe
Dushanbe ( tg, Душанбе, ; ; russian: Душанбе) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 863,400 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (russian: Дюшамбе, ''Dyushambe''), and from 1929 to 1961 as Stalinabad ( tg, Сталинобод, Stalinobod), after Joseph Stalin. Dushanbe is located in the Gissar Valley, bounded by the Gissar Range in the north and east and the Babatag, Aktau, Rangontau and Karatau mountains in the south, and has an elevation of 750–930 m. The city is divided into four districts, all named after historical figures: Ismail Samani, Avicenna, Ferdowsi, and Shah Mansur. In ancient times, what is now or is close to modern Dushanbe was settled by various empires and peoples, including Mousterian tool-users, various neolithic cultures, the Achaemenid Empire, Greco-Bactria, the Kushan Empire, and the Hephthalites. In the Middle Ages, more settlement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Invasion Of Afghanistan
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev (Ukrainian SSR), Minsk (Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent (Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over and spanning eleven time zones. The country's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Observances
August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the fifth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. Its zodiac sign is Leo and was originally named '' Sextilis'' in Latin because it was the 6th month in the original ten-month Roman calendar under Romulus in 753 BC, with March being the first month of the year. About 700 BC, it became the eighth month when January and February were added to the year before March by King Numa Pompilius, who also gave it 29 days. Julius Caesar added two days when he created the Julian calendar in 46 BC (708 AUC), giving it its modern length of 31 days. In 8 BC, it was renamed in honor of Emperor Augustus. According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius, he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt. Commonly repeated lore has it that August has 31 days because Augustus wanted his month to match the length of Julius Caesar's July, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armed Forces Days
Armed (May, 1941–1964) was an American Thoroughbred gelding horse racing, race horse who was the American Horse of the Year in 1947 and Eclipse Award for Outstanding Older Male Horse, Champion Older Male Horse in both 1946 and 1947. He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1963. Background Armed was sired by the great graded stakes race, stakes winner Bull Lea, the sire of Citation (horse), Citation. His dam was Armful, whose sire was Belmont Stakes winner Chance Shot (horse), Chance Shot and whose grandsire was the great Fair Play (horse), Fair Play. Besides being small for his age and very headstrong, Armed had the habits of biting and kicking hay out of his handler's pitchfork. Since he was also practically untrainable, his horse trainer, trainer, Ben A. Jones, sent him back to Calumet Farm to be gelding, gelded and turned out to grow up. He returned to the track late in his two-year-old season and resumed training. Racing career His first s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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