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In 1924, Tajikistan became an Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the Tajik ASSR, within Uzbekistan. In 1929, Tajikistan was made one of the component republics of the Soviet Union – Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (Tajik SSR) – and it kept that status until gaining independence 1991 after the dissolution of the Soviet ...
Tajikistan, [a] officially the Republic of Tajikistan, [b] is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital and most populous city. Tajikistan is bordered by Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east. It is separated from Pakistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor. It has a ...
By the end of the war, Tajikistan was in a state of complete devastation. Around 1.2 million people were refugees inside and outside the country. Tajikistan's physical infrastructure, government services and economy were in disarray and much of the population was surviving on subsistence handouts from international aid organizations.
The location of Tajikistan An enlargeable map of Tajikistan. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Tajikistan: Tajikistan – mountainous, landlocked, sovereign country located in Central Asia. [1] It borders Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east.
Alexandria Eschate was established on the south bank of the river Jaxartes , at or close to the site of modern Khujand (Хуҷанд; خجند), in present-day Tajikistan. [2] According to the Roman writer Curtius , Alexandria Ultima retained its Greek culture as late as 30 BC.
Info This map is part of a series of location maps with unified standards: SVG as file format, standardised colours and name scheme. The boundaries on these maps always show the de facto situation and do not imply any endorsement or acceptance.
Mr Trump is wrong, and the world must say so. He is taking the United States down a disastrous path, favouring the dictator of Russia over the elected leader of the Ukrainian people.
Over 40% of the world’s borders today were drawn as a result of British and French imperialism. The British and French drew the modern borders of the Middle East, the borders of Africa, and in Asia after the independence of the British Raj and French Indochina and the borders of Europe after World War I as victors, as a result of the Paris ...