Tajikistan solider at one of the entrances to the CIS Border Patrol Base in Pyandzh, Tajikistan. The solider is pointing a Kalashnikov rifle at the base door and standing under an old Soviet Painting that shows Vladimir Lenin and Feliks Dzierzynski and other Bolsheviks at a table.

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Tajikistan solider at one of the entrances to the CIS Border Patrol Base in Pyandzh,Tajikistan. The solider is pointing a Kalashnikov rifle at the entrance door and standing under an old Soviet Painting that shows Vladimir Lenin and Feliks Dzierzynski and other Bolsheviks at a table. The Base on the Pyandzh River during the five year Tajikistan Civil War, which began in 1992 and killed up to 100,000 Tajiks by 1997. The base in Southern Tajikistan is on the Pyandzh River, which separates Tajikistan and Northern Afghanistan.

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Size: 3343px × 5000px
Location: CIS Border Patrol Base, Pyandzh, Tajikistan
Photo credit: © Chuck Nacke / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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