Rudaki Avenue (, ) is the main thoroughfare street in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan.Peknik, George. The Meaning of the Boulder-Dushanbe Teahouse. Boulder, Colo: Hoopoe Publications, 2004. p. 123Lederach, John Paul. The Moral Imagination The Art and Soul of Building Peace. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.Ó Beacháin, Donnacha, and Abel Polese. The Colour Revolutions in the Former Soviet Republics: Successes and Failures. London: Routledge, 2010. p. 181 The street is named after Rudaki, the Tajik national poet.Thubron, Colin. The Lost Heart of Asia. London: Heinemann, 1994. p. 276 The street was known as Lenin Avenue during the Soviet period, and used to host a statue of Vladimir Lenin.Yarshater, Ehsan. Encyclopaedia Iranica. London [u.a.]: Routledge & Paul, 1996. p. 600 The street received its current name in the summer of 1992.Trutanov, Igor' V. Zwischen Koran und Coca Cola. Berlin: Aufbau-Taschenbuch-Verl, 1994. p. 188
Key administrative buildings and cultural institutions are located on the street.Abdullaev, K. N., and Shahram Akbarzadeh. Historical Dictionary of Tajikistan. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 2010. p. 119
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