The Palace of Unity (russian: Кохи Вахдат;
Tajik: Кохи Ваҳдат/''Kokhi Vahdat''/کاخ وحدت), also referred to as Vahdat Palace (russian: Дворец Единства), is a building in
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 ...
,
Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
. Located in the northern part of Dushanbe's main thoroughfare,
Rudaki Avenue
Rudaki Avenue ( tg, хиёбони Рӯдакӣ, russian: проспект Рудаки) is the main thoroughfare street in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. The street is named after Rudaki, the Tajik national poet. The street was known as Len ...
, near Hotel Avesto and the embassy of
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...
, it is the headquarters of the ruling
People's Democratic Party and is also used to host international conferences.
November 2007 bombing
In November 2007, a bomb was left in a plastic bag near a wall outside of the Palace. A 77-year-old man, variously reported to be a janitor, a street sweeper, or a security guard, was the only victim; he was killed at 08:10 on 14 November 2007 when he picked up the plastic bag containing the bomb, causing it to explode. The explosion also blew out many windows at the palace.
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Office buildings in Tajikistan
Event venues in Tajikistan
Buildings and structures in Dushanbe
Headquarters of political parties