Vahdat is a city in western Tajikistan, just 10 km east of Dushanbe. In the last century the city has been renamed several times. Former Kafirnahan (Persian

Persian language

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 for "a place where unbelievers hide", کافرنهان). The city was known as Yangi-Bazar until 1936, when it was renamed Ordzhonikidzeabad in honor of Georgian

Georgian people

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 communist

Communism

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 Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze

Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze

Grigol Ordzhonikidze ორჯონიკიძე - Grigol Orjonikidze, , generally known as Sergo Ordzhonikidze ; – February 18, 1937) was a Georgian Bolshevik, later member of the CPSU Politburo and close friend to Joseph Stalin...

. In 1992 after Tajikistan became independent the city was renamed Kofarnihon and in 2003 it was renamed Vahdat.