Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic

The **Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic** (, _Çumhuriji Şūraviji Sotsialistiji Toçikiston_; , _Tadžikskaja Sovetskaja Socialističeskaja Respublika_), also commonly known as **Soviet Tajikistan** and **Tajik SSR**, was one of the republics of the Soviet Union which lasted from 1929 to 1991.

Nowadays known as **Tajikistan**, which became a sovereign state after the fall of the Soviet Union, it is located in the southern mountaineous region of Central Asia.

The Tajik Republic was created on 5 December 1929 as a national place for the Tajik people within the Soviet Union. It succeeded the Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Tajik ASSR), which had been created on 14 October 1924 as a part of the mainly Turkic Uzbek SSR in the process of national delimitation in Soviet Central Asia.  On 24 August 1990, the Tajik SSR declared sovereignty in its borders and was renamed the "Republic of Tajikistan" on 31 August 1991, then finally declaring independence from the Soviet Union just a bit more than a week after.

Just like modern-day Tajikistan, it was bordered by Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kirghizia to the north, and China to the east. Pakistan was to its south, separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor.

## Infobox (country)

- **conventional long name**: Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
- **native name**: Таджикская Советская Социалистическая Республика
Ҷумҳурии Шӯравии Сотсиалистии Тоҷикистон
Республикаи Советии Социалистии Тоҷикистон
- **common name**: Tajik SSR
- **status**: Republics of the Soviet Union, Soviet Socialist Republic
- **p1**: Tajik ASSR
- **flag p1**: Flag of the Tajik ASSR (1929.02-1929.04).svg
- **s1**: Tajikistan
- **flag s1**: Flag of Tajikistan 1991-1992.svg
- **image flag**: Flag of Tajik SSR.svg
- **flag type**: Flag of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, Flag (1953–1991)
- **image coat**: Emblem of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1991), Emblem of Tajikistan (1991–1992).svg
- **symbol type**: Emblem of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, State emblem
(1940–1991)
- **image map**: Tajik SSR in the Soviet Union.svg
- **image map caption**: Location of Tajikistan (red) within the Soviet Union
- **national motto**: Пролетарҳои ҳамаи мамлакатҳо, як шавед!
Workers of the world, unite!, Proletarhoji hamaji mamlakatho, jak şaved!

- **national anthem**: Anthem of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, Гимни Республикаи Советии Сотсиалистии Тоҷикистон
_Gimni Respublikai Sovetiji Sotsialistiji Toçikiston_

- **government type**: Unitary state, Unitary Marxism-Leninism, Marxist-Leninist one-party state, single-party Soviet republic (system of government), Soviet socialist state, socialist republic (1929–1990)
Unitary state, Unitary Presidential system, presidential republic (1990–1991)
- **leader1**: Mirza Davud Huseynov
- **year leader1**: 1929–1933 <small>(first)</small>
- **leader2**: Qahhor Mahkamov
- **year leader2**: 1985–1991 <small>(last)</small>
- **legislature**: Supreme Soviet of the Tajik SSR, Supreme Soviet
- **capital**: Dushanbe<sup>a</sup>
- **largest city**: capital
- **official languages**: Tajik language, TajikRussian language, Russian
- **year start**: 1929
- **event start**: Union republic proclaimed
- **date start**: 5 December
- **event1**: Name adopted
- **date event1**: 5 December 1936
- **event2**: 1990 Dushanbe riots, Ethnic riots in Dushanbe
- **date event2**: 12 February 1990
- **event3**: Sovereignty declared
- **date event3**: 24 August 1990
- **event4**: Renamed to the Tajikistan, Republic of Tajikistan
- **date event4**: 31 August 1991
- **event5**: Independence declared
- **date event5**: 9 September 1991
- **date end**: 26 December
- **year end**: 1991
- **event end**: Independence recognized
- **stat year1**: 1989
- **stat area1**: 143100
- **stat pop1**: 5,112,000
- **calling code**: 7 377/379
- **currency**: Soviet ruble (руб) (SUR)
- **today**: Tajikistan
China
- **footnote a**: "Stalinabad" between 1929 and 1961.
- **deputy1**: Abdurrahim Hojibayev
- **deputy2**: Izatullo Khayoyev
- **title deputy**: Prime Minister of Tajikistan, Premier
- **title leader**: List of leaders of Tajikistan, Leader
- **year deputy1**: 1929–1933 <small>(first)</small>
- **year deputy2**: 1986–1991 <small>(last)</small>