Buston (; , formerly Chkalovsk or Chkalov) is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

in northern

Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...

. It is located in

Sughd Region Sughd Province, also referred to as the Sogdia Region, and Leninabad before 2001, is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces that make up Tajikistan. Centered in the historical Sogdiana, it is located in the north ...

, between the cities of

Khujand Khujand, sometimes spelled Khodjent and formerly known as Leninabad from 1936 to 1991, is the second-largest city of Tajikistan and the capital of Tajikistan's northernmost Sughd province. Khujand is one of the oldest cities in Central Asia, d ...

and

Ghafurov Ghafurov (also Gafurov, ; ) is a town in Ghafurov district, Sughd Region, Tajikistan. It has a population of 20,600 (2020 estimate), up from 18,900 in the 1989 census. The town was created in 1965, and until 1978 had the name Sovietabad (). In t ...

. Buston is a city of regional subordination, and is not part of a district. The population of Buston in 2020 is estimated at 34,000 for the city proper and 36,900 for the city with the outlying communities. The city of Guliston also covers the town Palos. As a result of its involvement in the processing of uranium ore mined nearby, Chkalovsk was a closed city until the collapse of the USSR. The first Soviet uranium processing plant, Leninabad Mining and Chemical Combine was founded in Chkalovsk during 1940s.

Khujand Airport Khujand International Airport is an airport serving Khujand, the second-largest city in Tajikistan. Khujand was formerly known as ''Leninabad'' (during the Soviet era); hence the IATA code ''LBD''. It is located out of the city, in the nearby ...

is located in the town. The

Presidential National Guard The National Guard (; ), formerly called the Brigade of Special Mission and Presidential Guard, is the National Guard service branch of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan, under direct command of the President of Tajikistan. Their pri ...

of Tajikistan formed one of its new units here. On February 1, 2016, the Government of Tajikistan decided to rename Chkalovsk into Buston (Бӯстон). According to

TASS The Russian News Agency TASS, or simply TASS, is a Russian state-owned news agency founded in 1904. It is the largest Russian news agency and one of the largest news agencies worldwide. TASS is registered as a Federal State Unitary Enterpri ...

news agency, it was the last town in Tajikistan with a Russian name.ТАСС: Международная панорама - В Таджикистане переименовали последний в стране город с русским названием - Чкаловск
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Notable people

Ruslan Ablayev Ruslan Zudiyevich Ablayev (; born 29 June 1972) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He works as a goalkeeping coach with FC Fakel Voronezh. Club career He played one season in the Russian Premier League in 1992 for FC ...

(born 1972), Russian professional football coach and former player, born at Chkalovsk, Tajik SSR *

Lex Fridman Alexei "Lex" Fridman (; born 15 August 1983) is an American computer scientist and podcaster. Since 2018, he has hosted the ''Lex Fridman Podcast'', where he interviews notable figures from various fields such as science, technology, sports, and ...

, Host of the Lex Fridman podcast and Youtube series, researcher at MIT

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Populated places in Sughd Region {{Sughd-geo-stub

Notable people

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