The hotel Tajikistan, or the old Intourist, which epitomizes the idea of a scary old Soviet hotel. $70 a night for no toilet paper, strange middle of the night noises in the hall, prostitutes and some of the most frightening hotel rooms I've seen in a while. My friends and I hadn't actually planned to stay in the hotel Tajikistan, but we found that the B&B that we'd made reservations at decided to close (without informing us!) for the May 9th (Victory Day) holiday. After finding our original hotel closed, we asked a taxi driver to take us to the best hotel in town. I guess the Hotel Tajikistan is it!