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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 10.6 million people.

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 5 December 1929. (Full article...)

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The river Vakhsh (highlighted in blue)

The Vakhsh (/ˈvækʃ/ VAKSH; Tajik and Russian: Вахш), also known as the Surkhob (Tajik: Сурхоб) in north-central Tajikistan and as the Kyzyl-Suu (Kyrgyz: Кызыл-Суу) in Kyrgyzstan, is a Central Asian river and one of the main rivers of Tajikistan. It is a tributary of the Amu Darya river. (Full article...)

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... Tajikistan's mountains provide many opportunities for outdoor sports, such as hill climbing, biking, rock climbing, skiing, hiking, and mountain climbing?

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Image 1Pamir Highway Route (from Transport in Tajikistan)
Image 2Map of Tajikistan (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 3A traditional Tajik wedding. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 4Sculpture of a woman from Takht-i Sangin, 3rd-2nd century BCE, Tajikistan. (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 5A man makes plov, the national dish of Tajikistan. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 6Uzbek Spetsnaz soldiers during the Civil War, 1992 (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 72001 map of Tajikistan including road and rail network (from Transport in Tajikistan)
Image 8A Tajik feast. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 9A Tajik women in traditional dress. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 10Dushanbe railway station (from Transport in Tajikistan)
Image 11Ambassador to the Tang dynasty, coming from Kumedh (胡密丹), Tajikistan. Wanghuitu (王会图) circa 650 CE. (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 12Asia in 500, showing the Hepthalite Khanate at its greatest extent (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 13CIA map of Tajikistan (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 14A family celebrating Eid in Tajikistan. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 15A monument in Dushanbe to Tajik writers. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 16Protests in Dushanbe, February 1990 (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 17Soviet negotiations with basmachi, 1921 (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 18Chinese workers build a bridge on the road between Dushanbe and Khujand, 2007 (from Transport in Tajikistan)
Image 19Painted 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 20Samanid empire (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 21Tajik men and boys, 1905–1915
Image 22Flag of the Tajik SSR (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 23A 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 24Dushanbe International Airport (from Transport in Tajikistan)

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Article requests : • Acting Secretaries and First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Tajikistan
• 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
• Cimtarga
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