Botanical Garden of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan

The Botanical Garden is located in the Ismail Somoni district of Dushanbe and overlooks the western banks of the Dushanbe River. The garden area reaches 40 hectares. The central entrance to the garden is organized from the east. The alley opens onto a glass greenhouse, from where the alley and paths of the botanical garden originate. A glass (cone-shaped) greenhouse is located at the end of the central alley of the garden. In the northern part of the Botanical Garden, the territory of the Institute of Botany is located at the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan.

Botanical Garden was created in Dushanbe, in mid-1933, Professor Fedchenko B.A. who headed during this period, the botany sector of the Tajik base of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (Since 1951, the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan) At the entrance to the garden, tree samples grow by the first employees of the Institute of Botany in the mid-1930s. After the establishment of the Tajik SSR Academy of Sciences (1951), greenhouse greenhouses were built on the territory of the garden in the 1960s for the Institute of Botany of the Tajik SSR Academy of Sciences. The botanical garden contains samples of trees and shrubs from almost all corners of the world, many of which are already included in the Red Book of Nature.
In 2007, an ethnographic reserve of folk architecture (open air) began to be created on the north side of the greenhouse. Here, traditional houses of residents of various parts of Tajikistan and industrial buildings (aloukhon, hotel, baths, dairies, mills, etc.) were built. On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Tajikistan (2010-2011), according to a new project, new wooden decorative aivans (arbors) inlaid with oriental ornaments were brought into the garden and erected. Sculptures of animals and benches for visitors were installed near a dozen aivans. Along one of the central alleys of the garden, various sports simulators were installed, which have become a favorite place for recreation for residents of the capital of Tajikistan. The main entrance was decorated with an arch with a blue dome in the center in the style of national architecture, which became the hallmark of the garden. One of the garden plots is reserved for the "craft town" and the traditional national interior of the Tajik regions where dwellings are located, home cooking - tandoor for baking cakes and sambuses, household utensils, etc. A summer Amphitheater with 1 seats was built in the garden, 5 thousand people, there is an artificial pond and a corner of exotic peacocks for visitors By the decision of the City Hall (Hukumat of the city) in Dushanbe, the Botanical Garden of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan was renamed the Gods “Iram”. The gods “Iram” turned into a park of culture and recreation for citizens, it is mainly held mass cultural events of the city. On weekends, exhibitions of craftsmen, artists and local firms are held. It has also become a tradition to come here from any part of the city here, on the most important day, to a wedding. Newlyweds together with relatives come here to take high-quality photographs, which will be stored in their future as a part of the wedding.