Tajik SSR

Tajik Socialist Soviet Republic (1929-36) Таджикская Социалистическая Советская Республика Республикаи Социалистии Советии Тоҷикистон Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (1936-91) Таджикская Советская Социалистическая Республика Республикаи Советии Социалистии Тоҷикистон Republic of Tajikistan (1991-94) Республика Таджикистан Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон
Soviet Socialist Republic (1929-91) De facto sovereign entity (1990–91) Sovereign state (1991-94)
1929-1994
Flag (1953-92) State emblem (1937-92)
Motto Пролетарҳои ҳамаи мамлакатҳо, як шавед! (Tajik) Proletarhoi hamai mamlakatho, yak shaved! (transliteration) "Proletarians of all nations, unite!"
Anthem Гимни Республикаи Советии Сотсиалистии Тоҷикистон Gimni Respublikai Sovetiji Sotsialistiji Toçikiston "Anthem of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic" (1946-94)
Location of Tajikistan (red) within the Soviet Union.
Capital		Dushanbea
Languages		Official languages: Tajik · Russian Minority languages: Finnish · Yaghnobi
Demonym		Tajik Soviet
Government		Unitary Marxist-Leninist one party Soviet socialist republic (until 1990) Unitary presidential republic (after 1990)
First Secretary
•	1929–1933	Mirza Davud Huseynov
•	1985–1991	Qahhor Mahkamov
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
•	1946-1955	Jabbor Rasulov
•	1986-1990	Izatullo Khayoyev
Legislature		Supreme Soviet
History
•	Union republic proclaimed	5 December 1929
•	Name adopted	5 December 1936
•	Ethnic riots in Dushanbe	12 February 1990
•	Sovereignty declared	24 August 1990
•	Renamed Republic of Tajikistan	31 August 1991
•	Independence declared	9 September 1991
•	Independence recognized	26 December 1991
•	New Constitution	6 November 1994
Area
•	1989	143,100 km² (55,251 sq mi)
Population
•	1989 est.	5,112,000
Density		35.7 /km²  (92.5 /sq mi)
Currency		Soviet ruble (руб) (SUR) (1922-91; Union-wide) Russian ruble (RUB) (1991-94)
Calling code		+7 377/379
Preceded by Succeeded by Tajik ASSR Soviet Union Tajikistan
Today part of		Tajikistan  China
a.	"Stalinabad" between 1929 and 1961.

Tajikistan (ⁱ/tɑːˈdʒiːkᵻstɑːn/, /təˈdʒiːkᵻstæn/, or /tæˈdʒiːkiːstæn/; Тоҷикистон, Таджикистан, [tɔd͡ʒikɪsˈtɔn]); officially the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (Tajik SSR; Tajik: Республикаи Советии Социалистии Тоҷикистон, Respuʙlikaji Sovetiji Sotsialistiji Toçikiston; Russian: Таджикская Советская Социалистическая Республика, Tadzhikskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) and the Republic of Tajikistan (Tajik: Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Çumhuriji Toçikiston; Russian: Республика Таджикистан, Respublika Tadzhikistan), also commonly known as Soviet Tajikistan was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union existed from 1929 to 1991 and an sovereign state from 1991 to 1994 located in Central Asia as an landlocked state.