Trolleybuses in Dushanbe significant deterioration of the overhead wire network, the current collectors come down frequently. The ticket person is therefore trained and able to remount the collectors in less than one minute. As at August 2011, the current fleet of Dushanbe trolleybuses was based upon the standard ZiU-9 trolleybus design: All Dushanbe trolleybuses are painted in the system's standard white and green livery. The Dushanbe system has two depots. Trolleybuses in Dushanbe The Dushanbe trolleybus system forms part of the public transport network of Dushanbe, the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. In operation since 1955, the system presently comprises eight routes.
Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic renamed to the Karelian Soviet Socialist Republic (; ). The Karelian SSR was renamed to the Republic of Karelia on November 13, 1991 and remains a federal subject of Russia. Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic The Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (; ), or, in short, the Karelian ASSR (; ), sometimes referred to as Soviet Karelia or simply Karelia was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, with the capital in Petrozavodsk. The Karelian ASSR was formed as a part of the Russian SFSR by the Resolution of the Presidium of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee (VTsIK)