Which Soviet leader was Dushanbe named after from 1929 to 1961?
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Leon Trotsky
Answer
From 1929 to 1961, Dushanbe was named Stalinabad in honor of Joseph Stalin, the Soviet leader at the time. The name was changed back to Dushanbe after Stalin's death and the process of de-Stalinization.
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