Writers’ Union Building

Dushanbe


Tajikistan’s Persian past is invoked in the facade of the Writers’ Union Building. Adorned with sculpted-stone figures of Sadruddin Ayni, Omar Khayam, Firdausi and other writers from the Persian pantheon, it gives an indication of the esteem in which Persian poets are still held.


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