Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic Таджикская Советская Социалистическая Республика Ҷумҳурии Шӯравии Сотсиалистии Тоҷикистон Республикаи Советии Социалистии Тоҷикистон | |||||||||
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| 1929–1991 | |||||||||
| Motto: Пролетарҳои ҳамаи мамлакатҳо, як шавед! (Tajik) Proletarhoji hamaji mamlakatho, jak şaved! (transliteration) "Proletarians of all nations, unite!" | |||||||||
| Anthem: Гимни Республикаи Советии Сотсиалистии Тоҷикистон Gimni Respublikai Sovetiji Sotsialistiji Toçikiston "Anthem of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic" | |||||||||
 Location of Tajikistan (red) within the Soviet Union | |||||||||
| Status | Soviet Socialist Republic | ||||||||
| Capital and largest city | Dushanbea | ||||||||
| Official languages | Tajik · Russian | ||||||||
| Government | Unitary Marxist-Leninist single-party Soviet socialist republic (1929–1990) Unitary presidential republic (1990–1991) | ||||||||
| Leader | |||||||||
• 1929–1933 (first) | Mirza Davud Huseynov | ||||||||
• 1985–1991 (last) | Qahhor Mahkamov | ||||||||
| Premier | |||||||||
• 1929–1933 (first) | Abdurrahim Hojibayev | ||||||||
• 1986–1991 (last) | Izatullo Khayoyev | ||||||||
| Legislature | Supreme Soviet | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Union republic proclaimed | 5 December 1929 | ||||||||
• Name adopted | 5 December 1936 | ||||||||
| 12 February 1990 | |||||||||
• Sovereignty declared | 24 August 1990 | ||||||||
• Renamed to the Republic of Tajikistan | 31 August 1991 | ||||||||
• Independence declared | 9 September 1991 | ||||||||
• Independence recognized | 26 December 1991 | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 1989 | 143,100 km2 (55,300 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1989 | 5,112,000 | ||||||||
| Currency | Soviet ruble (руб) (SUR) | ||||||||
| Calling code | 7 377/379 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Tajikistan China | ||||||||
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The Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (Tajik: Ҷумҳурии Шӯравии Сотсиалистии Тоҷикистон, Çumhuriji Şūraviji Sotsialistiji Toçikiston; Russian: Таджикская Советская Социалистическая Республика, Tadžikskaja Sovetskaja Socialističeskaja Respublika), also commonly known as Soviet Tajikistan and Tajik SSR, was one of the republics of the Soviet Union which lasted from 1929 to 1991.
Nowadays known as Tajikistan, which became a sovereign state after the fall of the Soviet Union, it is located in the southern mountaineous region of Central Asia.
The Tajik Republic was created on 5 December 1929 as a national place for the Tajik people within the Soviet Union. It succeeded the Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Tajik ASSR), which had been created on 14 October 1924 as a part of the mainly Turkic Uzbek SSR in the process of national delimitation in Soviet Central Asia. On 24 August 1990, the Tajik SSR declared sovereignty in its borders and was renamed the "Republic of Tajikistan" on 31 August 1991, then finally declaring independence from the Soviet Union just a bit more than a week after.
Just like modern-day Tajikistan, it was bordered by Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kirghizia to the north, and China to the east. Pakistan was to its south, separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor.