When Tajikistan won independence in 1991, a struggle for power between the clans developed into a civil war. At that time, Islamic fundamentalists wanted to create an Islamic state. Political instability led to a collapsing infrastructure, corruption, and extreme poverty.
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The people of Tajikistan are called Tajiks. People who trace their ancestry to Tajikistan are 62 percent of the population, and include the Pamiri or Mountain Tajiks. ... The people of Tanzania are called Tanzanians. Approximately 95 percent of Tanzanians may be roughly classified as Bantu peoples (including the Shambaa).
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The National Commission of the Republic of Tajikistan for UNESCO in co-operation with the UNESCO Chair on Intercultural Dialogue in the Modern World at the Tajik-Russian (Slavonic) University prepared an educational publication "Kaleidoscope of Cultures".
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Tajikistan culture was one of the most important cultural centers of the erstwhile Bukhara region and has its cultural roots steeped in the cultures of ancient Transoxiania. The Persian influence looms large in the culture of Tajikistan.
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Tajikistan; The People.; The name Tajik came to denote a distinct nationality only in the modern period; not until the 1920s did an official Tajik territorial-administrative unit exist under that name. The area's population is ethnically mixed, as it has been for centuries;
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News, Articles, Maps, Discussion lists, Chat Rooms, and homepages concerning Central Asia and Tajikistan ... Tajikistan is a multi-lingual nation. Tajiki, a language of Iranian roots, is the most widely spoken tongue amongst Tajikistan's 5 million people. During the Soviet period Russian was the lingua franca amongst...
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