Description: Beggars' Belief: The Luli Of Tajikistan, A Personality Cult Grows In Tajikistan (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty), Tajikistan Sees Signs Of Rising Extremism (Radio Free Europ/Radio Liberty), Local Protests in Tajikistan Turn Deadly
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Tajikistan ( i / t ɑː ˈ dʒ iː k ᵻ s t ɑː n / , / t ə ˈ dʒ iː k ᵻ s t æ n / , or / t æ ˈ dʒ iː k iː s t æ n / ; Тоҷикистон [tɔd͡ʒikɪsˈtɔn] ), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( Tajik : Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон , Çumhuriji Toçikiston/Jumhuriyi Tojikiston ; Russian : Респу́блика Таджикистан , Respublika Tadzhikistan ), is a mountainous landlocked sovereign country in Central Asia . With an estimated 8 million people in 2013, it is the 98th most populous country and with an area of 143,100 km 2 (55,300 sq
The territory that now constitutes Tajikistan was previously home to several ancient cultures, including the city of Sarazm of the Neolithic and the Bronze Age , and was later home to kingdoms ruled by people of different faiths and cultures, including the Oxus civilization , Andronovo culture , Buddhism , Nestorian Christianity , Zoroastrianism , and Manichaeism . The area has been ruled by numerous empires and dynasties, including the Achaemenid Empire , Sassanian Empire , Hephthalite Empire , Samanid Emp