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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. The region was later conquered by the Russian Empire, before becoming part of the Soviet Union. Within the Soviet Union, the country's borders were drawn when it was part of Uzbekistan as an autonomous republic before becoming a constituent republic of the Soviet Union on December 5, 1929. (Full article...)

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Part of the Zarafshan Range seen from Anzob Pass

The Zarafshan Range (Russian: Зеравшанский хребет, Zeravšanskij hrebet; Tajik: Қаторкӯҳҳои Зарафшон; Uzbek: Zarafshon; also Zeravshan or Zarafshon; from Persian زرافشان Zar-afshān, meaning "the sprayer of gold") 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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... Tajik cuisine has much in common with Uzbek, Afghan, Russian, and Iranian cuisine, and developed from Persian cuisine?
It is known for dishes such as kabuli pulao, qabili palau, and samanu, and the national food and drink are plov and green tea, respectively.

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Image 1Dushanbe International Airport (from Transport in Tajikistan)
Image 2A Tajik feast. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 3Painted 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 4Protests in Dushanbe, February 1990 (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 5A monument in Dushanbe to Tajik writers. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 6Map of Tajikistan (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 7Soviet negotiations with basmachi, 1921 (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 8A 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 9A family celebrating Eid in Tajikistan. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 10Flag of the Tajik SSR (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 11Pamir Highway Route (from Transport in Tajikistan)
Image 12A traditional Tajik wedding. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 13Asia in 500, showing the Hepthalite Khanate at its greatest extent (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 14Samanid empire (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 15Dushanbe railway station (from Transport in Tajikistan)
Image 16Tajik men and boys, 1905–1915 (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 17A Tajik women in traditional dress. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 182001 map of Tajikistan including road and rail network (from Transport in Tajikistan)
Image 19Sculpture of a woman from Takht-i Sangin, 3rd-2nd century BCE, Tajikistan. (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 20Ambassador to the Tang dynasty, coming from Kumedh (胡密丹), Tajikistan. Wanghuitu (王会图) circa 650 CE. (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 21CIA map of Tajikistan (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 22Uzbek Spetsnaz soldiers during the Civil War, 1992 (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 23A man makes plov, the national dish of Tajikistan. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 24Chinese workers build a bridge on the road between Dushanbe and Khujand, 2007 (from Transport in Tajikistan)

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