Tajik SSR

Tajik SSR was a state in Transoxiana and Khwarazm (Central and North Asia) that lasted from 1929 to 1991 CE, about 62 years. Its people spoke Iranian languages (Median, Persian, Parthian, Scythian, Sogdian, Pashto, Kurdish).

Separated from the Uzbek SSR in 1929 as the republic of the Persian-speaking Tajiks, though the old Tajik cities of Bukhara and Samarkand stayed in Uzbekistan.

See Tajik SSR on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1929 to 1991 CE

Duration

62 years

Type

State

Region

Transoxiana and Khwarazm, Central and North Asia

Language family

Iranian

Capital

Dushanbe

Became

• Tajikistan 1991 CE to the present

Events in Central and North Asia during its time

• 1931 Kazakh famine
• 1957 Sputnik launched from Baikonur
• 1960 The Aral Sea begins to shrink
• 1991 Central Asian republics become independent

Neighbours in Central and North Asia

• Soviet Union 1922 to 1991 CE
• Mongolian People's Republic 1924 to 1992 CE
• Russian Federation 1991 CE to the present
• Kazakhstan 1991 CE to the present
• Uzbekistan 1991 CE to the present
• Yakut ASSR and Sakha Republic 1922 CE to the present
• Xinjiang under the People's Republic 1949 CE to the present
• Kazakh SSR 1920 to 1991 CE
• Kirghiz SSR 1924 to 1991 CE
• Uzbek SSR 1924 to 1991 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE, Southeast Asia
• Commonwealth of Australia 1901 CE to the present, Oceania
• British Raj 1858 to 1947 CE, South Asia
• Indonesia 1945 CE to the present, Southeast Asia
• Empire of Japan 1868 to 1947 CE, East Asia

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