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Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, 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 population of approximately ten million.

The territory was previously home to cultures of the Neolithic and the Bronze Age, including the city of Sarazm, and was later home to kingdoms ruled by people of various faiths and cultures including the Oxus civilization, Andronovo culture, Buddhism, Nestorian Christianity, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, and Islam. The area has been ruled by empires and dynasties including the Achaemenid Empire, Sasanian Empire, Hephthalite Empire, Samanid Empire, and Mongol Empire. After being ruled by the Timurid Empire and Khanate of Bukhara, the Timurid Renaissance flourished. (Full article...)

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Part of the Zarafshan Range seen from Anzob Pass

The Zarafshan Range, formerly the Zeravshan Range, is a mountain range in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, part of the Pamir-Alay mountains. Almost all of the range belongs to the drainage basins of the Zarafshan River.

The Persian name is believed to possibly be a reference to gold found in bed of the Zarafshan River and its tributaries, which has ushered prosperity to the region from ancient times. (Full article...)

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... Tajikistan is one of the main homes of Marco Polo sheep which have been known to grow horns over six feet long and weighing up to 60 lb (27 kg).

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Image 1Uzbek Spetsnaz soldiers during the Civil War, 1992 (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 2Asia in 500, showing the Hepthalite Khanate at its greatest extent (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 3Protests in Dushanbe, February 1990 (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 4Map of Tajikistan (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 5A man makes plov, the national dish of Tajikistan. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 6CIA map of Tajikistan (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 7Pamir Highway Route (from Transport in Tajikistan)
Image 8Dushanbe railway station (from Transport in Tajikistan)
Image 9A Tajik women in traditional dress. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 10A traditional Tajik wedding. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 11Soviet negotiations with basmachi, 1921 (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 12Samanid empire (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 13Ambassador to the Tang dynasty, coming from Kumedh (胡密丹), Tajikistan. Wanghuitu (王会图) circa 650 CE. (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 142001 map of Tajikistan including road and rail network (from Transport in Tajikistan)
Image 15Dushanbe International Airport (from Transport in Tajikistan)
Image 16Flag of the Tajik SSR (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 17Chinese workers build a bridge on the road between Dushanbe and Khujand, 2007 (from Transport in Tajikistan)
Image 18A Tajik feast. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 19A Sogdian wall mural from the ruins of an aristocratic home in the archaeological site of Panjakent, showing Sogdian men playing a board game, 8th century (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 20A monument in Dushanbe to Tajik writers. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 21Painted clay and alabaster head of a Zoroastrian priest wearing a distinctive Bactrian-style headdress, Takhti-Sangin, Tajikistan, Greco-Bactrian kingdom, 3rd-2nd century BC. (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 22A family celebrating Eid in Tajikistan. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 23Sculpture of a woman from Takht-i Sangin, 3rd-2nd century BCE, Tajikistan. (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 24Tajik men and boys, 1905–1915 (from History of Tajikistan)

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• Chinor Emomov (1924-1927); Acting secretary
• Mumin Khojaev (1927-1928); Acting secretary
• Ali Shervoni (1928-1929); Acting secretary
• Clothing, Traditional - Tajikistan
• Kayrakkum
• Fuzail Maksum - Bashmachi leader who fought against Bolsheviks in the 1920s-30s
• Muhammad Sharif Himmatzoda - opposition leader during civil war in Tajikistan
• Haji Akbar Turajanzade - Tajik political leader, 2nd in command in the Islamic Rennaisance Party.
• Kamoludin Abdullaev - historian
• Rahim Masov - historian
• Muhammad Osimi - also spelt Asimov - Historian, writer, philosopher
• King Somoni Inheritance nationalist youth movement
• Jaman Pass, a pass on the Tajik/Afghan border
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