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Monument S. Aini in Dushanbe.

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"Ask no more of the poet
Poems about a rose, sweet, dream and reality...
And here they go, thundering for revenge,
Poems of enmity, without rhymes and without titles."

Sadriddin Aini. Translation by B. Lapin and 3. Khatsrevin.

Monument Sadriddin Aini in Dushanbe.

Monument to Sadriddin Aini in Dushanbe is installed on the square named after Sadriddin Aini, located along Aini Street at the corner with Rudaki Avenue, on the west side of the square is the Poytakht Hotel, on the north side of the square is the old building of the National Museum of History.
The monument to the Tajik writer, the founder of the Tajik Soviet literature, Honored Scientist, Academician and President of the Academy of Sciences of the Tajik SSR Sadriddin Aini in honor of the centenary of the birth of the writer and scientist was erected in 1978 in honor of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the writer.
On the same day, the monument-ensemble was solemnly opened. The monument of the writer is surrounded by the characters of his works. It is made of bronze. The monument was erected by S. Aini for his services to Soviet and Tajik literature, to the development of which he made a huge contribution as a writer, poet, author of novels, poems, scientific articles, journalistic and propaganda essays.
Aini is widely known as the founder of modern Tajik literature, he created his works not only in Tajik, but also in Uzbek and Russian. Some of his works have been translated into other languages. Aini for the first time compiled an anthology of Tajik national art "Samples of Tajik Literature".
The author is the Azerbaijani sculptor Omar Gasan oglu Eldarov.
Geographical coordinates of monument to Sadriddin Aini in Dushanbe: N38°33'45.44" E68°47'56.80"
Bust of Sadriddin Aini at the entrance to National Library of Tajikistan.
Monument to the Tajik writer, founder of the Tajik Soviet literature, Honored Scientist, Academician and President of the Academy of Sciences of the Tajik SSR Sadriddin Aini.
Geographic coordinates of bust of Sadriddin Aini at National Library in Dushanbe: N38°34'23.55" E68°47'01.08"
Bust of Sadriddin Aini in park named Aini.
The bust was installed in the park named after S. Aini in 1956. In the park of the same name, a mausoleum was erected in his honor (author, sculptor E. A. Tatarinova. In the center of the park, on the main alley, a memorial was built in honor of the famous people of the republic.
The alley ends with the mausoleum of Sadriddin Aini, erected over his grave in 1958 - 1960 (author of the bust S. Aini sculptor A. A. Manuilov).
Geographical coordinates of bust of Sadriddin Aini in park named after Sadriddin Aini in Dushanbe: N38°37'31.45" E68°46'39.73"

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Tourist guidebook on monuments of Dushanbe. 2012.

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