Tadzhikistan
Britishnoun
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The startling display of religious assertiveness took place at the height of the revolt against Moscow's rule that broke out three weeks ago in Tadzhikistan, perhaps the most ardently Islamic of the 15 Soviet republics.
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If the republics hold to their chosen course, it could theoretically lead to a Soviet Union consisting of Russia, the Ukraine, Belorussia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Tadzhikistan, Kirgizia and Turkmenistan.
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From Estonia on the Baltic Sea to Tadzhikistan in the Pamir mountains of Central Asia, the Soviet Union is coming apart at the seams.
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There have been similar nationalist flare-ups in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tadzhikistan.
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For the six Central Asian republics of the former Soviet Union -- Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan -- the answer may be cultural identity.
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