Five million somoni have been spent for renovation of the Arbob Culture Palace that will host a solemn meeting dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the 16th session of Tajikistan’s Supreme Council (parliament), a source in the Tajik government told Asia-Plus in an interview.
According to him, members of the government, parliament, veteran politicians and public figures have been invited to the solemn meeting that will take place at the Arbob Culture Palace on November 16 this year.
Recall, the 16th session of the Supreme Council that opened in the northern city of Khujand on November 16, 1992 three days later elected Emomali Rahmon as the Supreme Council's chairman. This gave him the status of Tajikistan’s leader.
The Arbob Cultural Palace that had previously been property of Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) named after Saidkhoja Urunkhojayev was handed over to the Sughd culture directorate in April 2011. Sughd governor passed an appropriate resolution on this subject on January 20, 2011. According to local authorities, such a decision was made because the Urunkhojayev OJSC reportedly did not have enough funds to maintain the facility and pay wages to 40 people working with the Arbob Cultural Place.
The Arbob Cultural Palace is a building in the Bobojon-Ghafourov district, the former headquarters of a Soviet collective farm, built in the 1950s and modeled on the winter gardens of Peterhof, St. Petersburg. The main building consists of three wings – with an ornate theatre seating 800 people in the main wing. The South wing currently houses a museum which tells the history of Arbob and of collectivization in Tajikistan. Outside the building is a procession of fountains and rose gardens. The center was built under the leadership of Saidkhoja Urunkhojayev, the head of the collective farm.
