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Tadzhikistan

British  
/ tɑːˌdʒɪkɪˈstɑːn, -stæn /

noun

  1. variant spellings of Tajikistan

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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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It was from these little noticed conquests that there emerged the until recently little noticed Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.

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Despite his best efforts, Nikita's essential boorishness occasionally broke through: to the proud director of a vast irrigation project in the Camargue, he remarked that Russia had a far vaster project in Tadzhikistan.

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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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There have been similar nationalist flare-ups in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tadzhikistan.

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