Flags of the World | Tajikistan

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The national flag of Tajikistan was adopted in November 1992, replacing the flag of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic of 1953.

It is no coïncidence that Tajikistan's flag uses a similar color scheme to the flag of Iran. The Tajik people are 'ethno-linguistically' Iranian. Which means something like they share the same roots.

Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan

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Dushanbe is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. Dushanbe means "Monday" in the Tajik language. Since 1991 it has been the capital of independent Tajikistan. The city grew from 300 inhabitants in 1922 to 750,000 today.  

 

The building on the postcard is the national museum, opened  in June 2013. 

Stamps

(top) Part of a set of five stamps, issued 1994. This a 1997 overprint from the 1994 series. (bottom) Part of a set of five definitives, issued in 2014. This one is picturing Rudaki  Park. 

A Postcard from Tajikistan!

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Tajikistan is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east. Mountains cover over 90% of this Central Asian republic.

The Tajik people came under Russian rule in the 1860s. In 1929 Tajikistan was made one of the component republics of the Soviet Union – Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (Tajik SSR) – and it kept that status until its independence in1991.

Tajikistan is the only former Soviet state with Islam as its official religion. During the course of seven decades of political control, Soviet policy makers were unable to eradicate the Islamic tradition.

Stamps

(left) From a set of 4 stamp, wax figures

(right) From a set of 8 stamps: a copper water pot from the 19th century