Tajik SSR

The Tajik SSR or Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (alternative transliteration: Tadzhik) was one of fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union, located in Central Asia. In 1991 it became the independent state of Tajikistan.Established on October 14 1924, initially it was called Tajik ASSR ("A"-for Autonomous) and was a part of Uzbek SSR. On December 5 1929 it was transformed into Tajik SSR and became a separate republic of the Soviet Union. On September 9 1991 it declared independence from the Soviet Union and was renamed the Republic of Tajikistan.
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