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	The history of the Republic of Tajikistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The retrospective history of the Republic of Tajikistan
		The working-class history of the Republic of Tajikistan
		The culture history of the Republic of Tajikistan
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	Tajikistan - MSN Encarta
		Tajikistan, landlocked republic in southeastern Central Asia, bordered on the north by Kyrgyzstan, on the north and west by Uzbekistan, on the east by China, and on the south by Afghanistan.
		In 1929 Tajikistan became the Tajik (or Tadzhik) Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
		Tajikistan is extremely mountainous, and almost half of the country lies above an elevation of 3,000 m (equivalent to 9,843 ft).
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	Tajikistan HISTORY
		Present-day Tajikistan was split between the Khanates of Bukhara and Kokand in the 18th and 19th centuries.
		Northern Tajikistan was conquered by the Bolsheviks in 1918, who extended control to the rest of the country when Bukhara was captured, in 1920.
		Tajikistan was established as an autonomous republic within the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic in 1924.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Asia-and-Oceania/Tajikistan-HISTORY.html (1950 words)

	The Virtual Jewish History Tour-Tajikistan
		Tajikistan, one of the five central Asian countries of the former Soviet Union, is bordered by Uzbekistan, Kyrgzstan, Afghanistan, and China.
		The history of the Jews in the modern country of Tajikistan is difficult to discern due to the region's constantly changing borders and rulers.
		Israel is represented in Tajikistan by its embassy in Uzbekistan.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vjw/Tajikistan.html (1002 words)

	Connect-Tajikistan.org
		The pain of economic decline was compounded in Tajikistan by a bloody and protracted civil conflict over whether the country would perpetuate a system of monopoly rule by a narrow elite like the one that ruled in the Soviet era, or establish a reformist, more democratic regime.
		The north of Tajikistan is in all but name a part of Uzbekistan; the mountainous Pamir region, despite Soviet attempts to populate it, remains almost a vacuum; while the capital, Dushanbe, a city not yet three-quarters of a century old still feels like an apartment awaiting its tenants.
		That Tajikistan was easily the most artificial and ill-equipped of the five Soviet-fashioned Central Asian republics was tragically illustrated by the way it bloodily fell apart as soon as it was free of direct rule from Moscow.
	www.connect-tajikistan.org /en/tj_intro.html (1209 words)

	A short history of Tajikistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Present-day Tajikistan is ruled by Sogdania (10th/6th century BC), by Persia, Bactria and Kushan (1st century BC).
		The USSR establishes Tajikistan as an autonomous Soviet socialist republic within Uzbekistan in 1924 and as one of the Soviet socialist republics in 1929.
		Tajikistan is the only Central Asian country in which a religiously affiliated political party, the Nahzati Islomi Tojikiston (Islamic Renaissance of Tajikistan, NIT), is represented in parliament.
	www.electionworld.org /history/tajikistan.htm (389 words)

	History of Tajikistan
		Tajikistan became fully established under Soviet control with the creation of Tajikistan as an autonomous Soviet socialist republic within Uzbekistan in 1924, and as one of the independent Soviet socialist republics in 1929.
		The Republic of Tajikistan gained its independence during the breakup of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) on September 9, 1991 and promptly fell into a civil war from 1992-97 between old-guard regionally based ruling elites and disenfranchised regions, democratic liberal reformists, and Islamists loosely organized in a United Tajik Opposition (UTO).
		Tajikistan is slowly rebuilding itself with an integrated government and continues to permit a Russian military presence to guard their border with Afghanistan and the basing of the Russian 201st Motorized Rifle Division that never left Tajikistan when it became independent.
	www.historyofnations.net /asia/tajikistan.html (547 words)

	Tajikistan - Gurupedia
		Tajikistan is completely landlocked, and is the smallest nation in Central Asia by area.
		Tajikistan is the poorest country of the ex-USSR and one of the poorest countries in the world.
		The culture of Tajikistan was originally shared with that of Uzbekistan, but during Communist rule, the cultural fabric of the region was disrupted by the Soviet leadership that imposed artificial boundaries and nation-state notion - alien to the region - on the area.
	www.gurupedia.com /t/ta/tajikistan.htm (962 words)

	Tajikistan
		As part of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan was initially grouped with what is now Uzbekistan in the Autonomous SSR of Tajikistan, but was later made a separate constituent republic.
		Tajikistan is officially a republic, and holds elections for the President and Parliament.
		Tajikistan is landlocked, and is the smallest nation in Central Asia by area.
	www.knowledgefun.com /book/t/ta/tajikistan.html (1032 words)

	TAJIKISTAN—HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION
		Tajikistan contains rich stores of various minerals, as well as uranium and several other kinds of ore. It is an important exporter of cotton, grown mainly in the Farghana Valley but also in the Gissar Valley where the capital city Dushanbe is located.
		For Tajikistan, as for the rest of Central Asia, the international repercussions of the collapse of the Soviet Union continue to be played out amidst the ethnic and regional rivalries of this poorest of the former Soviet republics.
		Tajikistan is facing three important ballots: the referendum on constitutional amendments on 26 September, and presidential and parliamentary elections by 6 November 1999 and February 2000, respectively.
	www.allamaiqbal.com /publications/journals/review/apr00/09.htm (8461 words)

	Tajikistan: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
		Ninety-three percent of Tajikistan's territory is mountainous, and the mountain glaciers are the source of its rivers.
		Tajikistan: Economy - Economy Tajikistan's economy is dependent on agriculture and livestock raising.
		Tajikistan: History - History The people of Tajikistan are probably descended from the inhabitants of ancient Sogdiana.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108024.html (667 words)

	Tajikistan Travel Trips (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		History : The Tajiks come from an ancient stock - the inhabitants of the Pamir Mountains claim to be the only pure descendants of the Aryan tribes who invaded India over 4000 years ago, and that the Saxon tribes of Western Europe also originated there.
		Tajikistan’s inaccessibility has protected it from most invaders, although Alexander the Great founded a city on the site of modern-day Khojand, calling it Alexandria Eskate (Alexandria the Furthest).
		Tajikistan, which shares a 1000-mile border with Afghanistan, was a prime candidate and much of the subsequent fighting in northern Afghanistan relied on US supplies and personnel moved in from Tajikistan.
	www.asia-planet.net /tajikistan/history-government.htm (836 words)

	Tajikistan History \| iExplore.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It was eventually ceded to the Russian sphere of influence in the dying days of the ‘Great Game’ of political intrigue between the Russian Empire and the British in India at the end of the 19th century.
		Tajikistan is the poorest of the five former Soviet Central Asian republics, with an estimated four-fifths of the population living below the poverty line.
		Tajikistan secured membership of the IMF and World Bank in 1993; it also belongs to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development as a 'Country of Operation'.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Tajikistan/History (1308 words)

	NCSJ - Tajikistan page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Tajikistan served as a staging area for the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan in 2001-02, and relations with the United States have subsequently improved.
		U.S. Tajikistan is a landlocked country slightly smaller than Wisconsin, bordered by Afghanistan, China, the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan; 96 percent of its area is covered by high mountains.
		Tajikistan is a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (formerly Shanghai Five), a regional group including Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, China, Russia, and Uzbekistan.
	www.ncsj.org /tajikistan.shtml (1475 words)

	Tajikistan (10/06)
		At 36'40' northern latitude and 41'14' eastern longitude, Tajikistan is nestled between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan to the north and west, China to the east, and Afghanistan to the south.
		Tajikistan's most recent presidential election in 1999 and its 2005 parliamentary elections were widely considered to be flawed and unfair but peaceful.
		Tajikistan maintains an embassy in the United States at 1005 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, DC 20037 (tel.: 202-233-6090; fax: 202-223-6091).
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5775.htm (2758 words)

	Tajikistan Flag - World Flags 101 - Tajikistanian Flags
		The flag of Tajikistan consists of three horizontal stripes - the top stripe is red, the middle is white and the bottom stripe is green.
		The Tajikistan flag was adopted on November 24, 1992, after the country gained its independence from the Soviet Union on September 9, 1991.
		When Tajikistan was a part of the Soviet Union it used a red flag with thin white and green horizontal stripes, with associated Soviet emblems.
	www.worldflags101.com /t/tajikistan-flag.aspx (246 words)

	The History Of Tajikistan
		In August 1920 the Revolution was extended to the khanate of Bukhara, which embraced most of the territory occupied by modern Tajikistan; the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic was declared in October 1920, and early in 1921 the Soviet army captured Dushanbe and Kulob.
		Tajikistan was the scene of the Basmachi revolt in 1922-23, and rebel bands under Ibrahim Bek operated in eastern Bukhara until 1931.
		The presidential election of November 1991 was won by Tajikistan's former communist strongman Rahman Nabiyev; in March 1992 massive nonviolent protests began in Dushanbe.
	rustamjon.tripod.com /history.html (761 words)

	History of Tajikistan Summary
		Tajikistan has experienced three changes in government and a civil war since it gained independence in 1991 when the USSR collapsed.
		This period of Tajik history started with the migration of Proto-Indo-European (possibly the most distant ancestors of the Tajiks) from their native home which was possiblly to the north of Central Asia, to south Central Asia.
		Indeed, it was the female leader of the Massagetae, Tomyris, who killed the first and arguably greatest of the Persian kings, Cyrus the Great, in order to take revenge for the death of her son (sun?).
	www.bookrags.com /History_of_Tajikistan (3373 words)

	Essential Background: Overview of human rights issues in Tajikistan (Human Rights Watch, 31-12-2004)
		Tajikistan owes approximately U.S. $300 million to Russia, and its fragile economy is dependent upon remittances sent home by Tajik migrant workers in Russia.
		Tajikistan has assumed a heightened importance for the United States government since the 2001 military operation in Afghanistan.
		The February 2004 State Department country practices report is critical of the Rakhmonov administration’s record of torture and ill-treatment of detainees, its suppression of political opposition, and violations of free speech.
	hrw.org /english/docs/2005/01/13/tajiki9897.htm (1489 words)

	Tajikistan: History
		Tajikistan was made an autonomous republic within Uzbekistan in 1924; in 1929 it became a constituent republic of the USSR.
		From 30,000 to 100,000 were estimated to have died in the fighting, and war and neglect had devastated much of the country's infrastructure, making the nation one of the poorest in the world.
		Tajikistan remains dependent on help from Russia's military to preserve its tenuous stability and security, although Russian help patrolling the Afghan border ended in 2005, and Russian economic aid is also extremely important.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0861423.html (578 words)

	Tajikistan - Early History
		The northern part of what is now Tajikistan was part of Soghdiana, a distinct region that intermittently existed as a combination of separate oasis states and sometimes was subject to other states.
		Among the dynasties that ruled all or part of the future Tajikistan between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries were the Seljuk Turks, the Mongols, and the Timurids (Timur, or Tamerlane, and his heirs and their subjects).
		By the early nineteenth century, the lands of the future Tajikistan were divided among three states: the Uzbek-ruled Bukhoro Khanate, the Quqon (Kokand) Khanate, centered on the Fergana Valley, and the kingdom of Afghanistan.
	countrystudies.us /tajikistan/3.htm (929 words)

	tajikistan.neweurasia.net
		Tajikistan will build a road connecting it with the Indian Ocean which is going to boost the economy of the country.
		Tajikistan is going to have the best planes in Central Asia and no one will be afraid to fly with Tajik Airlines.
		There are 14 jails in Tajikistan for 8,450 prisoners, and 5 investigative isolation wards for 2,500 prisoners.
	tajikistan.neweurasia.net (4800 words)

	Tajikistan History
		First settlement on the territory of today's Tajikistan date back to the end of upper Paleolithic period (15-20 thousand years ago).
		In October 1924 Tajikistan became an Autonomous Republic of the Soviet Union, and in 1929 a Union Republic.
		After the collapse of the Soviet Union Tajikistan chose to create a sovereign, democratic, secular, constitutional state, and declared its independence on September 9, 1991.
	www.advantour.com /tajikistan/history.htm (226 words)

	Tajikistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Republic of Tajikistan (Persian: جمهوری تاجیکستان (Perso-Arabic), Tajik: ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон (Cyrillic)) is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia.
		It is home mainly to the Tajiks, who share culture and history with the Iranians, and speak the Tajiki dialect of Persian.
		Tajikistan's president Emomali Rahmonov(r) and Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad(l) meeting at a trilateral panel, along with Afghanistan, to improve relations among the Persian speaking nations (in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, July 2006).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tajikistan (2285 words)

	Tajikistan Travel Guide \| Tajikistan Travel Information Guide
		Tajikistan was established as a sovereign state in 1991, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
		It is now nine years since the opposing parties signed the 1997 peace agreement that brought the Tajik civil war to an end and the political situation is currently stable.
		Tajikistan was never well equipped with a comprehensive infrastructure for tourists, and some sites were destroyed in the civil war at the end of 1992.
	www.worldtravelguide.net /data/tjk/tjk580.asp (298 words)

	History of Tajikistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Among the cities of Tajikistan, Panjakent and Istarawshan are founded in that period.
		The Tajiks have survived this blow of history too and finally reached a much-needed stage of self-examination and relative prosperity.
		A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia (Oxford: Blackwell) 1998.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Tajikistan (3360 words)

	Independence - History - Tajikistan - Asia
		After Tajikistan’s independence, Communist officials who were resistant to democratic and economic reforms continued to control the government.
		In November 1991 Nabiyev, the onetime head of the Communist Party of Tajikistan, won the country’s first direct presidential election with 57 percent of the vote.
		The troops were stationed to guard the Tajikistan border with Afghanistan and fight the Islamic guerrilla groups operating within Tajikistan and from bases in Afghanistan.
	www.countriesquest.com /asia/tajikistan/history/independence.htm (1021 words)

	tajikistan.neweurasia.net » Tajikistan travel blogs (review)
		He tells his readers some interesting things about Dushanbe and Tajikistan, which can be seen only by foreigners, and also goes back to the history of Tajikistan.
		In my review of Tajikistan travel blogs I did not mention one of the things that all the travelers are complaining about, it is a high air temperature.
		In the capital of overwhelmingly sunny Tajikistan the stem of thermometer is showing 45-47 ºC above zero, and it is the temperature in the shadow.
	tajikistan.neweurasia.net /?p=84 (878 words)

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