Sadriddin Aini Square

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The Sadriddin-Aini Square is an important place in the Tajik capital Dushanbe . The square is named after the Tajik intellectual and national poet Sadriddin Aini .

location

The square is located in the south of Dushanbe, at the intersection of Aini Street and Rudaki Avenue. The Warsob River flows through the capital to the west of the square , and Dushanbe International Airport is located near the square in the southeast .

layout

The square is dominated by a statue of the famous poet and intellectual. This was built in 1978 on the occasion of Aini's 100th birthday. This statue is surrounded by several bronze representations of figures from Aini's literary work. The Bekhzad Historical Museum and the Dushanbe Hotel are located on the square.

Pilot project

Aini-Park became the site of a pilot project in the field of surveillance technology in 2018. Cameras with facial recognition developed by the Chinese company Huawei were installed there. According to the official announcement, the reason for these measures was to record the number of visitors to the park, but the project actually served to support the law enforcement authorities, who should be able to investigate crimes and find wanted criminals by monitoring minor crimes. In 2019 it was announced that the system would be installed in other parts of Dushanbe as part of the Safe City project .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sophie Ibbotson, Max Lovell-Hoare: Tajikistan .
  2. ↑ Dushanbe Hotels: Book Discounted hotels in Dushanbe. Retrieved June 21, 2019 .
  3. ^ Square Aini. Retrieved June 21, 2019 (Russian).
  4. ↑ Robin Roth: Surveillance cameras with face recognition: Huawei's artificial intelligence also watches over Tajikistan. In: Novastan German. June 19, 2019, accessed on June 21, 2019 (German).

Coordinates: 38 ° 33 ′ 36 ″  N , 68 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  E