In 1944, funds were raised to create a tank column named after Tajikistan, which participated in the battles for the liberation of Yugoslavia, Hungary and Austria. In 1985, on Victory Square an IS-2 tank was erected, named after Joseph Stalin. The tank took part in the Vistula–Oder offensive as part of one of the units of the 2nd Belorussian Front. In April 2021, servicemen of the Russian military base in Tajikistan began the restoration of the monument.