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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 .
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 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 and subsequently by 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 full-fledged Soviet republic in 1929. (Full article... )
Fergana Valley (highlighted), post-1991 national territories colour-coded.
The Fergana Valley (Uzbek : Фарғона водийси, Fargʻona vodiysi ; Kyrgyz : Фергана өрөөнү , romanized : Fergana öröönü ; Tajik : водии Фарғона , romanized : Vodii Farg'ona ) in Central Asia lies mainly in eastern Uzbekistan , but also extends into southern Kyrgyzstan and northern Tajikistan .
Encompassing three former
Soviet Republics , the valley is ethnically diverse and relations among the countries are tense. Ethnic enclaves of Uzbeks in Kyrgyz sovereign territory, restricted right of movement, lack of agreement about border demarcation and disputes over access to family members and places of economic activity contribute to tension at the borders. (
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... historically, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan were also home to Bukharan Jews , who trace their ancestry to the Lost Tribes of Israel taken captive by the Babylonians in the 7th century BC, but almost no Bukharian Jews are left in Tajikistan?
The following are images from various Tajikistan-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 A family celebrating
Eid in Tajikistan. (from
Culture of Tajikistan )
Image 2 Chinese workers build a bridge on the road between Dushanbe and Khujand, 2007 (from
Transport in Tajikistan )
Image 3 Uzbek Spetsnaz soldiers during the
Civil War , 1992 (from
History of Tajikistan )
Image 4 A man makes
plov , the national dish of Tajikistan. (from
Culture of Tajikistan )
Image 5 Map of Tajikistan (from
History of Tajikistan )
Image 6 A traditional Tajik wedding. (from
Culture of Tajikistan )
Image 7 Ambassador to the
Tang dynasty , coming from Kumedh (胡密丹),
Tajikistan .
Wanghuitu (王会图) circa 650 CE. (from
History of Tajikistan )
Image 8 2001 map of Tajikistan including road and rail network (from
Transport in Tajikistan )
Image 10 A Tajik feast. (from
Culture of Tajikistan )
Image 11 A Tajik women in traditional dress. (from
Culture of Tajikistan )
Image 12 Protests in Dushanbe, February 1990 (from
History of Tajikistan )
Image 13 CIA map of Tajikistan (from
History of Tajikistan )
Image 14 Flag of the Tajik SSR (from
History of Tajikistan )
Image 15 Tajik men and boys, 1905–1915 (from
History of Tajikistan )
Image 16 Dushanbe International Airport (from
Transport in Tajikistan )
Image 17 Painted 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 18 Pamir Highway Route (from
Transport in Tajikistan )
Image 19 Soviet negotiations with
basmachi , 1921 (from
History of Tajikistan )
Image 20 Sculpture of a woman from
Takht-i Sangin , 3rd-2nd century BCE, Tajikistan. (from
History of Tajikistan )
Image 21 A monument in
Dushanbe to Tajik writers. (from
Culture of Tajikistan )
Image 22 Samanid empire (from
History of Tajikistan )
Image 23 A
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 24 Asia in 500, showing the Hepthalite Khanate at its greatest extent (from
History of Tajikistan )
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