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Boulder-Dushanbe
Sister Cities was initiated in 1982, when two Boulder women
decided they'd had enough of the rhetoric and unease of the
continuing Cold War. By-passing bureaucrats unwilling to consider
a proposal for friendship, they stubbornly made one overture after
another until in 1987, the city of Dushanbe became Boulder's
Sister City.
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1983
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Soviet Sister City Project is founded
1984
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Series of monthly programs on Soviet culture begins
1985
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Project representatives visit Dushanbe and Soviet Embassy to lobby
for a sister city
1986
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First annual Boulder Festival of Soviet Film
1987
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Mayor Ikramov visits Boulder with Dushanbe delegation and signs
sister city
agreement
with Mayor Jourgensen
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First Boulder-Dushanbe Sister Cities -sponsored tour goes to USSR
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Project is renamed Boulder-Dushanbe Sister Cities
1988
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Boulder Views, an exhibit of 40+ works donated by local
artists and
photographers, is sent to Dushanbe for permanent display
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Official delegation from Boulder visits Dushanbe
1989
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21 Boulder area high school students participate in first exchange
visit to USSR
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4 Dushanbe physicians visit Boulder in first phase of physician
exchange
1990
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10 Dushanbe high school students visit Boulder
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The Tajik teahouse, magnificent gift from the people of Dushanbe,
arrives in Boulder
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4 Boulder physicians visit Dushanbe
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Dedication of Peace Garden along Boulder Creek to honor all of
Boulder's
sister cities
1991
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In the third wave of our high school exchange, 16 Boulder area
students
visit Dushanbe for two weeks and stay with Tajik families
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Boulder's Kuhiston Foundation organizes US-USSR ecological
expedition to
Shirkent area; findings are presented to Tajik Parliament in order
to
establish a National Park
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Tajikistan becomes an independent nation following break-up of the
Soviet Union
1992
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Local ham radio operators ship equipment to Dushanbe colleagues
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Civil war breaks out in Tajikistan
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First humanitarian aid shipment to Dushanbe
1993
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Boulder-Dushanbe Sister Cities sponsors 2 Dushanbe
ophthalmologists at
post-graduate seminar conducted by Orbis International
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Dedication of Teahouse site on 13th Street
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Second humanitarian aid shipment
1994
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Third humanitarian aid shipment
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Equipment sent to Tajikistan's Mountain Rescue organization
1995
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Partnership between Community Hospital and Dushanbe City Medical
Center
forms under USIA auspices
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Over 50 visitors from Tajikistan hosted in Boulder
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Grant received from National Endowment for the Arts to bring
artisans to
Boulder to assist in Teahouse assembly
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Surgical suture material sent to Dushanbe's Emergency Surgery
Hospital
1996
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Micro-lending/village banking program is launched by Kuhiston
Foundation
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"Hearth to Hearth" Tajik dance and arts events presented
by
Helander Dance Theater
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Six young adults from Dushanbe who had hosted our student
delegation in
1991 visit Boulder
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Seven high school and post-graduate students from Dushanbe enroll
in
Boulder schools and the University
1997
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Construction of Teahouse begins
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Boulder Rotary Club assists in forming the first Central Asian
Rotary Club
in Dushanbe
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Five high school and post-graduate students from Dushanbe are
enrolled
in Boulder schools and the University
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Sponsorship of several sessions of Donish, summer environmental
camps
for Dushanbe secondary school students
1998
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Grand opening of the Teahouse
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Five workshops presented by Teahouse artisans are held
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Participation in Boulder Sister City Festival at Jr. Academy
1999
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Boulder Flatirons School initiates “Sister School”
project with Dushanbe School
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BDSC delegation of 12 visit Dushanbe to participate in celebration
of the
1,100th year anniversary of the Samanid heritage
2000
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Start of reciprocal gift effort
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Planning and concept development for reciprocal gift
2001
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Delegation from BDSC visits Dushanbe, meets with mayor, initial
site chosen
for Cyber Café
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Schematic design for Cyber Café completed
2002
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Annual Tajik New Year Celebration at Teahouse
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Commencement of fundraising effort Cyber Café reciprocal
gift
2003
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Annual Tajik New Year Celebration at Teahouse
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Fundraising effort Cyber Café reciprocal gift
2004
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Delegation visits Dushanbe and is given new site for Cyber Café
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Annual Tajik New Year Celebration at Teahouse
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Fashion Tea fundraising event
2005
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Annual Tajik New Year Celebration at Teahouse
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2nd Annual Fashion Tea fundraising event
2006
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Annual Tajik New Year Celebration at Teahouse
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Signing of decree by Mayor of Dushanbe for construction of Cyber
Café
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Official Groundbreaking for construction of Cyber Café
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Commencement of final push of fundraising for Cyber Café
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3rd Annual Fashion Tea fundraising event
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