The Persian name is believed to possibly be a reference to gold found in bed of the Zarafshan River and its tributaries, which has ushered prosperity to the region from ancient times. (Full article...)
... there are 24 licensed television broadcasting stations in Tajikistan as of 2009, though only 15 are though to be actively broadcasting? There were an estimated 860,000 televisions in Tajikistan in 1991, approximately 1 for every 5.9 people.
Image 212001 map of Tajikistan including road and rail network (from Transport in Tajikistan)
Image 22A 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)
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