Geography Now! TAJIKISTAN

Okay, Tajikistan, in Central Asia, so Central Asia is a very complicated place and Tajikistan is one of those countries that has a kind of identity crisis during the time of the USSR, it was like haha, it's that Persian guy and for his closest relatives was Look, it's that Russian guy and to the Russians it was like oh hey, it's our Russian Persian guy, but no matter where they fit in, they know they're the link to the Silk Road, the edge of the empires. and the pearl of the palm trees, but for me me. call it next episode

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The point is that there are many connector countries and very few in this world can claim that title like Tajikistan. They are literally the center of the ironic Turkish-Sino and Indo-Aryan worlds and sometimes speak Russian too. We'll get to that later, but first the map, so in ancient times Tajikistan had many names and empires, they were part of aryana bactria, the acamet empire, but most Tajiks today will probably attribute this Samina dynasty as the era key he gave them. its distinctive tajik identity, this guy ismail samani was considered the father of the nation since then,

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, let alone all of central asia, has gone through many complicated administrative transitions and restructurings, really Russia, seriously, you did that, what, what is this, what we all know. that you still love me please give us some money just take it just go yeah that's a story for another time but anyway here is the moving graph first of all the country is located in Asia central, surrounded by four other countries, including China to the east, meaning Tajikistan has a three-hour time zone jump, as China follows only a time zone of UTC plus eight.

Tajikistan also has three enclaves located within two of its neighbors in Kyrgyzstan. You find this little lolazor, it is uninhabited and you have in Uzbekistan you have sarvan, it is also important to note that although the exclave in Kyrgyzstan belongs to Uzbekistan, it is inhabited by 99 Tajiks, so yes, that makes things interesting, At the confluence of the Varzo and Khofar Nihon rivers lies the capital and largest city, Dushanbe, which means Monday was most likely derived from the Monday market from which the city emerged in the Soviet years. It was known as Talinabad, but later changed its name in 1961.

Here you can obviously find the largest and busiest Dushanbe International Airport, while the second largest city of Hujand in the north has the second largest airport, Furugohi Hujand International. , the country is made up of four provinces or viloyat, it is suggested that Catalon is the autonomous province of Cornu Barakshan and this one in the middle was previously known as Karutegen, but since the Tajik civil war the name was changed. to the districts under the jurisdiction of the central government or subordination of the republic, depending on how you translate, I'm not even joking, that's what they are called cornu barakshan is the largest province and represents about 45 of the country's landmass, but it only lives about three percent of the population.

There the province is autonomous and if you want to visit it you will need to obtain a special permit from Dushanbe. This area was once in dispute with China, as they claimed almost the entire Pamir region, until the late 1990s and 2010s, when all disputes were resolved. were settled and China gave up about 96 of its claims in exchange for exchanging two strips of land on either side. Tajikistan got these two, the Markansu River Valley and Karazoke Mountain, where China got these two areas totaling about 520 square miles on the northern and central slopes. From the Sarikol mountain range, they also finally opened the Karasu checkpoint in 2004, which officially marks the border between the two.

Finally, Tajikistan is home to a unique network of roads that do their best to interconnect each district, but of course the heavy mountainous terrain has always been somewhat challenging for one, the entire northern part of the country through the Zedochan mountains was completely inaccessible for a long time by road before people had to travel to Uzbekistan and go around the mountain range to reach hujon now, however, they now have the m-34 with the newly built anzob tunnel, about five kilometers long, this Tunnel saves four to six hours of driving and gives them access to the province of Suv and Hujan, in addition, the M41 highway is probably the most famous highway that runs through the Pamir Mountains and has been around for millennia as part of the ancient route of silk, yes, the Unzob tunnel is no joke, it is known as the tunnel of death or the most dangerous tunnel in the world.

It is important to note that the borders of Tajikistan seen today are essentially the byproduct of whatever Russia is. They were allocated after the breakup of the USSR, if you ask Tajiks what they really think would be a suitable homeland for Tajiks, they might refer to the large region of Hurosan Horison, this is a historical region dating back to the Sassanid Empire. and which encapsulates lands between Afghanistan, southern Uzbekistan and As far as northeastern Iran is concerned, to this day Tajiks look at southern Uzbekistan and are like the Somarchand and Buhari are basically Tajiks, there are a lot of them there and you know, yeah, well, there are a lot of Uzbeks and they looked for them, so what's your point, I'm just saying, I'm just saying, go to geography, I'll market geographynow.com.

Tajikistan is packed with tons of surprisingly wonderful sights. Tons of historical attractions. Tajikistan does not disappoint by explaining further. Here's the geography and Patreon patron, Yachon. Explain, hey geograpeeps, Tajikistan is a very beautiful country and if you end up visiting it in your lifetime, which I highly recommend, be sure to visit the following places which include places like the unesco shuriken fossilized dinosaur footprints. world heritage site in sarasam, ancient punja has so many forts like these but the most famous are probably these two at the bottom there is a mausoleum dedicated to mirzad ali hamdani there is a tomb of rudaki then there is a statue of rudolph then there is also a Rudolph Park, it is a small black observatory, a wall dedicated to the great Tajik writers and the national museum of antiquities, the national library of Tajikistan, the Dushanbe opera house, the Dushanbe flagpole and, most importantly, When it comes to puzzles, remember the bazaars.

There are many bazaars like these in Tajikistan, the country is full of beautiful, fascinating, naturally surprising places, such as Lake Iskandarkul, Lake Karakul and, of course, the Kairakum reservoir. Thank you geograpeeps, thank you man, and thank you for also being a Patreon patron. It's strange that he doesn't. I don't really promote Patreon much on this channel. I don't know, maybe I should join Patreon. There's fun stuff going on behind the scenes. Yes, Patreon, anyway, speaking of incredible sites, Tajikistan is full of incredible natural sites, which brings us to now. As far as landscapes go, few places match what Tajikistan has to offer.

They may not have been blessed with the ocean. With what they lack in access to the sea, they gain access to the sky. Hey? Mountains, there are a lot. Here is the moving graphic. First of all, the country is 93 mountainous. The third most mountainous country in the world after Bhutan and Nepal, the two main ranges are the Pamir and Alai mountain ranges, these mountains of course are caused by the convergence of the Indian plate entering the Eurasian plate, creating all a complicated network of mini riff fissures. and faults mainly in the Pamir Mountains, the largest being Altai Davas Karakorum and the fault mines, this in return makes Tajikistan susceptible to regular seismic activity and of course within these mountains you can find the highest peak , Ismail Simoni Peak, just to jump you from here.

You can find the Fedchenko Glacier, the largest non-polar glacier in the world. They have two lowlands separated by mountains in the north and south. The Panj River lowlands in the southwest and the Fergana Valley in the north, which is the most fertile part of the country. The valleys are fed by countless runoff from mountain meltwater rivers. It is said that there are more than 900 rivers in the country, at least 10 kilometers or more, although the longest would be the Vasht River which runs from northeast to southwest. In this river it can be found. The Nurak Dam, the second highest in the world, which creates the Nurik Reservoir throughout the north, there is also the Karaikum Reservoir with another hydroelectric plant;

In fact, almost all the energy in Tajikistan comes from hydroelectric sources; However, the largest inner body of water is actually Lake Karakul which is located in an impact crater in the Pamir Mountains. Yes, geologists speculate that it is an impact crater. Finally, only about three percent of the country is covered in forests, as they have lost much of it in the last century due to industrial activity. It's incredibly beautiful. Basically, what you'll get with the land of Tajikistan if you visit is likely to be a Disney panorama of dry but snow-capped rocky mountains narrowing down to the jagged, green river valleys below.

Thanks to Geograpeep Tristan for that footage. He had a great bike trip. via Palmers a few years ago so yeah you can clearly tell I'm not going to lie Tajikistan is widely known for its natural wonders I mean you have things like the butchered moomin leaf sorry you have the rock pillars of the 40 girls, there is like a legend, but around 40 girls who became stone pillars to prevent the Mongols from attacking whatever. There are a lot of legends here and speaking of legends, this is usually the part where I take my triple shot espresso break and then Noah comes along to fill in for the rest of the segment. but he's out of town visiting his family for the holidays so I'm going to cover him because you know I made this show.

I can cover any segment now, economically, Tajikistan is often ranked as the poorest of all the former Soviet republics, about a quarter of its total. GDP is derived from remittances sent from abroad. It is estimated that approximately one in seven men lives and works in another country, mainly Russia. Internet is also expensive and often spotty as they don't have a national network so they usually just buy it from third party providers. and then sell it back to the locals to this day, they still rely heavily on their agrarian and mineral mining sectors, aluminum being their most important element.

Tajikistan's state aluminum company is the only large-scale production company in the mining sector. He considered that, having said that there is a very active black market in Tajikistan, mainly in the opioid sector, it is often said that the Pamir highway is nicknamed the heroin highway, since much of the narcotic arrives through Afghanistan. Wait a second, I'm growing up. poppies here so they can do whatever they want with them hey you're not getting any poppies it's okay I know you want them but you won't get them so you come back down I love you you could be a little drug dealer if you want Talk about plant life, there is another living thing in Afghanistan, animals, and with that, here's Gary Harlow, it's time to be Gary Harlow, Gary Harlow, here now, Tajikistan may only have three percent forest cover, but You don't need a lot of trees to have animals.

The country has around 20 national nature reserves in parks, the largest and most famous is the Tajik national park, classified as a UNESCO heritage site. Only one fish lives in Lake Caracal. The stone lodge in the hills. steep slopes you can find wild boar in Turkistan lakes, air mines, talai, hares, juniper walls and numerous species of wild rams and sheep and if you are lucky you can see the incredibly rare snow leopard in the main mountains (only about 300 of them) or in the southern region of Davaos you can find the The rare Tajik brown bear escarnical lake is one of the best places for birds.

Many of the birds sound like this. There are too many to mention, but here is a drop-down list of all the types of birds you can find in Chajica. They are found in the snow of the Himalayas in any In the case of Tajikistan's national animal, it actually no longer lives here and is the Caspian tiger. Unfortunately, they were hunted in the 20th century because they were seen as a threat to farmers, so in a sense they killed their national animal, however DNA testing revealed that it could be the same species as the Siberian tiger or Emir. , so maybe it's not extinct, well that's it for me, I'm coming guys, thanks gary, so there you have the land, the resources, the industry that produces said resources, lifewild, that means only part of it remains. to discuss in this segment i can't do it here's a compilation of noah doing it food boom the food thanks noah can't wait to have you back tajik food is a pretty underrated cuisine to talk about the food here's one of you the tajik geograpeeps nigina for explain, take it, salaam alaikum and hello guys, I am very happy to tell you about the traditional Tajik foods that we have.

The first would be nom, a Tajik style flatbread, it will be prepared in an oven called a tandir. We also have the so-called mantri. Manti are steamed dumpling krut, which is a snack in Tajikistan. It will be prepared with a thick salty yogurt called sushma. You can eat them as salty sweets. There are also many other traditional foods in Tajikistan, one of which. It is the top guru, which is also a national dish, or the shurpa, which is a very delicious soup. The most famous dish and the king of the table would be the plov, but depending on the region where people are from, they will add other ingredients.

There is also a huge culture. of tea in Tajikistan we love to drink our green tea along with different types of nuts and fruits and alsodried fruits shir choi is a butter milk tea we invite you to see our amazing landscape and beautiful nature try our delicious food and experience the kindness and hospitality from the Tajiks thank you nigina oh my god they made a salad with bread I love carbs no I don't care what people say when everyone says ooh curd is bad for you I just eat more out of spite Kirby Barbie oh yeah and they are obsessed with melons, they even have a holiday dedicated to it and the president even opened a tea house building in the shape of one, we will discuss more about the president in the next segment which, by the way, is coming right now, so what exactly is a Tajik person or even just a person from Tajikistan who may not even be ethnically Tajik?

That question is quite nuanced depending on who you ask, but essentially it boils down to a group of people with a lot of history. Here are some of you explaining that initially Central Asia had been populated predominantly by Persian speaking people for thousands of years. Waves and waves of nomadic migrations came from North and Northeast Asia, most of them were Turks, the only exception was the Mongols in the 13th century, in the middle of the 19th century, the Russians arrived from the west, but when they reached the region took on so much persian admixture that it was almost impossible to draw a clear line to separate turkey from the persian worlds stalin ago four out of five republics turkey and only one persian tajikistan being united means being a muslim with a persian culture and with great russian influence but a despite all this mixed culture I am proud to be Tajik and I really like it for me being tragic means living with some strange stereotypes and I feel at home, it always had strong links with Persian history but also the Soviet influence that made it less conservative We are also a pretty proud nation and appearance is a pretty important thing.

There is a Russian saying that the East is a delicate matter, which means that all those traditions, habits and ways of life in central Asia are very symbolic and with many hidden meetings thanks in any case statistically this is how the country breaks down the Time moving graph The country has a population of approximately 10 million people and has the fastest growing population in Central Asia with an average of around 2.4 annually there There are also more Tajiks in the diaspora than in Tajikistan, between 11 and 13 million in Afghanistan alone, about 85 percent. The country is mainly made up of ethnic Tajiks;

However, note that generally minority groups like the Pamiris and the Yagnobi are sometimes grouped into Tajik category as they are ethno-linguistically related. After that, around 13, the next largest community is the Uzbeks, specifically the Uzbeks. Sogdy Sogden who live in the northern part of the country near Uzbekistan and finally the last remaining two percent are made up of other ethnic groups, mostly Kirk Russians. Turkmen and such, there are even some Koreans there, believe it or not, they use the somonia as a currency, which by the way is one of the few currencies that comes in a denomination of three for coins or bills, they use the types c and Plug sockets and drive on the right side of the road.

As for the language, obviously, Tajik is the official language of Tajikistan. The language is quite intelligible to other languages ​​of Persian origin, such as Farsi in Iran and Dari spoken in Afghanistan. Everyone can understand it. between each other, the biggest difference is that it is one of only two ironic languages ​​written in the Cyrillic alphabet instead of Arabic. That's me. I got another mention in an episode this time, it's not controversial otherwise the only other difference between the three is that there are slight accents and differences in borrowings from external languages ​​plus Russian being the secondary interethnic language that is spoken here.

Let me think that Russian is useful in this part of the world. However, it is also important to note that the Pamiris are sort of something completely separate, their languages ​​are less intelligible and they have their own unique customs, many of which are inspired by Zoroastrianism and today are predominantly Shia in compared to the Sunni majority, which brings us to religion, the vast majority in terms of faith refers to approximately 98 of the country identify as Muslims mainly in the Hanafi school of jurisprudence of the Sunni branch the rest are mostly Christians mostly Russian Orthodox now may be a Muslim majority country however things here are a little different from other quote unquote Muslim nations, I mean besides the fact you'll probably see people drinking alcohol and eating pork products.

The government has also imposed many laws that they claim maintain tradition over non-traditional practices, basically even though the country is categorically secular and allows freedom of religion. The government has a large participation. In any based religion, especially Islam, their reasoning is to think about it, when you come from a culture that can sometimes clash with what many might consider Arab-centric customs that dominate much of the Muslim world, you will probably get a country such as Tajikistan for For example, the government has a list of pre-approved topics for imams to preach in mosques. Attendance at mosques and religious affairs are prohibited for children under 18 years of age, unless they express interest.

The Hajj or pilgrimage to Mecca is prohibited for anyone under 35 years of age. Hijabs let alone Burqas or any other Islamic clothing are prohibited for women if they want to dress modestly, they usually wear them as a hair scarf and men are not allowed to have thick beards as they are usually affiliated with extremism, Even Islamic Arabic names were considered prohibited despite the reasoning behind this. It's something like this. Look at Iran Afghanistan. I don't care if we practically speak the same language. I'm not going to include myself in all the drama you got into in the past. few decades, who do you think you are?

You're calling me dramatic, you literally had a civil war and I have more actual Tajiks in my country than you, yeah it gets a little complicated when they involve their cousins ​​anyway, now that you hear all this, you're probably thinking, oh let me Guess, the president with unlimited term, he has all the power, yes, well, technically they have seven year terms, but every election cycle the president wins overwhelmingly and any opponent, if any, is crushed. This guy, Emma Mali Rahmon, has been in power. since 1994, his photographs are everywhere on the buildings, yes, it's much more complicated than that, although I want to say it goes back to the Tajik civil war and the old president, we don't have time to discuss it, but basically the collapse of the post-soviet union equals internal.

Sometimes there are disputes, the point is that this is only Tajikistan in the last decades, but if we look at the vast scope of history, the history of Tajikistan has gone through so many transitions. Hell, Fujian was basically the easternmost Greek settlement during the time of Alexander the Great, including many religions and religious movements. They settled here, heck there are even Buddhist statues in their museums, dynasty after empires have sculpted the history of Tajikistan, making it the nation it is today, in any case, it's pretty hard to digest, so let's burn those calories of information incorporating some sports into this video. to talk about that here there is art with the sports part Tajikistan this is going to be interesting for you Tajiks love to fight if two families have two children who are approximately the same age, it is not unusual for them to be forced to fight in a fight wrestling to see who is stronger, for example, if I took tarchen, who happens to be my son, and made him fight another son, that's on you, whoever won was the best, oh yeah, no, I have too a son, like I would take my son and fight him with someone else too, okay let's move on to the next segment, the national sport is gush takiri, a form of wrestling traditionally, each district had its own apart or best fighter that would compete for the village, otherwise, very similar to its Afghan.

Cousins' bukashi is still played mainly in the cooler areas of the mountain slopes. The game involves a group of men riding horses on a field about 200 meters wide and traditionally attempting to grab and move a decapitated goat or calf carcass towards the goal area to score a point. Like it's like a soccer ball, that's weird, I'm built differently, like most of the rest of the world, they love soccer or soccer. Their first international victory was in the inaugural Afc Challenge Cup against Sri Lanka in 2006. Before independence, they participated. in the olympic games under the ussr in which these four athletes born in Tajikistan won medals, however, after independence since 2008, these four athletes have successfully won medals for the country in wrestling, judo and boxing and their only medal of gold to this day is Dilshad Nazarov in hammer. pull, so there you have it, that's a little bit into the athletic side of Tajikistan.

I'm so proud of you, my son is waiting, where is my other son? Where did he go? Mikhail. Thank you. A curious data. There are references to buskashi in Rambo 3 and the. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and speaking of film and culture, there is only one person who can cover it so gracefully in these episodes, that would be Mrs. Random Hannah, take it away, what's up guys? I'm back and you can get a random manager at Geographicnow. .com look at my really cool model thinking of everyone so Tajikistan is kind of a cultural anomaly, it's like the child between the Persian world and Russia, however after independence Tajikistan went through a prolonged period of trying to regain its Tajik identity apart from a Soviet one, for example, became the first post-Soviet country to abandon Soviet Thai surnames, the president even did it himself Historically, Tajikistan was home to some of the most notable Persian poets such as these guys, there are even statues of them here everywhere. see a wide contrast of traditional tajik architecture with colorful or geometric tile patterns juxtaposed with more blocky soviet utilitarian unit structures and if you are lucky enough to pass through pamiris you will have a completely unique house style called chead with square roots in angle in layers carved in bulk wood.

Panels called kawaroki have always existed. This guy is one of the most famous contemporary Tajik wood carvers and speaking of art, if you want to learn more about Tajik film and culture, check out my YouTube channel called Random Hannah. I changed my filmography now. random hannah hannah has a spin off otherwise traditional clothing usually follows the zardusi sewing technique similar to other types in central asia which has a bosma or double sided stitch. You may see many people, mainly in the older generations, with gold teeth during the Soviet times it was considered a status symbol and was a cheap procedure.

Another tradition. Tajikistan has been known for the eyebrow trend for a while. Unibrows were considered attractive among women and, in some places, still are today, regardless of whether Tajik women have a unibrow or not. They like to emphasize their eyebrows a lot by talking about which marriage culture in Tajikistan is also quite intense. Here are two of you Tajik subscribers explaining Hello guys, my name is Ali and my name is. First we want to tell you some interesting facts about the wedding traditions of Tajikistan. Of everything we have to say that there is always someone who is outside the rules or exception, that is why everything we say refers to 90 of all thelabels of course sometimes it is different but normally if you are going to get married you are not the one looking for a partner your parents your family friends the elders will find you a partner and if they agree with this partner you cannot say no yes yes it is your life but no your decision no wedding could take place without the presentation of the ransom of kalim by the bride after that the newlyweds make their commitment before an imam what is called nikah ceremony this seals the marriage and only then are they allowed to be together couple life in the morning and for five six months the bride has to go out before all other family members prepare breakfast do some housework and greet everyone who sees this during this period she must already be pregnant, otherwise , gossip starts in the whole family after having a baby and for about five six years to survive she must serve her husband's parents in order to gain recognition or make a good name for herself and only after that can they let them be together to live in their own house, but this does not happen all the time, sometimes they live with their parents, they are still dead and these are all unspoken laws, ah, weddings, I remember.

Mine, yes, I danced too, my mind tells me no, it was a beautiful day on a great night, I could leave that at oh, really, oh, no, well, one thing you can find a lot at weddings is the music, which I guess unfortunately leads us to the worst. segment in this show oh man yeah it's mine okay guys I'm a key Ethiopian can I own it like a little special effects intro now that I'm Ethiopian sure why not? Yes, now I'm a pickle, yes, okay, music from Tajikistan. Alright, Tajikistan basically has three different types of folk music: central, northern and mountain, and of course these styles are accompanied by numerous instruments native to Central Asia, such as dutar, rhubarb, gijak, karmai , the surinai and the toblock.

It actually originated in northern India, but whatever the fun fact, carnival horns were originally used for battles as a signal, now you can hear them almost anywhere during the weekend for wedding announcements in Tajikistan , you can literally crash into any wedding, they are usually open. Invite the community. I mean, don't be creepy, but jump, kudos to the community, some of Tajikistan's most notable music styles come from the main mountain, uh, specifically falak music, uses mythical religious themes of love and suffering derived from Persian poetry .It is usually played as a descending hexachord scale and if you are one of those who want to know, it is a hexadecimal chord scale, it has six notes, boom hex, which means six and finally, in a more contemporary sense, Today's label music is more oriented towards modern pop. using electronic beats here is a list of notable tajik musicians that you suggested, we mentioned that each and every one of you wanted us to mention monitia, who performed at eurovision, and this guy who won the central asia contest is talented, all of you, Tajiks, yes, you also have to give a Shout out to the amazing full Tajik croc band from Bamparam.

They've been around since 1993. That's it for me. I'm Keith. Hey, look, you could get a Keith t-shirt. Buy keys directly at Geographicnow.com. It's great, you can tear yourself apart like me. and paul, although i have gained a bit, thanks keith, what are you doing? thanks keith, tajikistan has been through a lot in history due to external forces, now let's see how they interact with those external forces, so by now you can. Obviously, let's say Tajikistan is being attracted by so many parts of the world. The ironic world. The Russian world. The Turkish world. At some point you have to imagine that they are probably like that, but they still have their close click and know how to make friends. time for motion graphic India has been a close friend for decades, as Tajikistan was the site of India's first overseas air base at Farco.

Later they agreed to jointly share Ainee air base and India also does big business and provides them aid. In times of need in that regard after the border dispute conflict, china has actually become much more engaged and surpassed russia as tajikistan's largest importing partner with more than 40 percent, of course, russia's relationship continues Being narrow, most Tajiks abroad live in Russia and depend on them for remittance money, they agreed to lease four military camps and an air base to Russians in Tajikistan in exchange for training Tajik soldiers and selling them military equipment at super prices. cheap. Then we come to their real cousins, Iran and Afghanistan.

Afghanistan has always felt close. to Tajikistan, no matter what time period they were in, I mean they were joint units during the Samanid, Ghaznavid and Timurid dynasties, so it's not a big question, the only problem is that the last few years, with all the drama with Al Qaeda, has created tension. about their relationship and Tajikistan deliberately chose to distance themselves so as not to appear docile to the extremist ideologies of Iran after the disintegration of the USSR, they immediately came in and said: Hello cousin, let's remind you of your Persian heritage, I will build some new mosques I will invite you I will share my programs of television, magazines and books with you you will be Persian again in no time the problem is that the two countries still have some stark contrasts, the biggest one being obviously that Iran is majority Shiite with a theocracy, while Tajikistan is majority Sunni and secular;

However, no matter how complicated things get, at least culturally, the Persian cousins ​​will always understand each other when I asked them who Tajikistan's best friend was, although surprisingly I didn't actually expect this, but most of you said Uzbekistan. , even though they are Turks and Persians from Tajikistan, they share a deep bond. Recently there was some tension with the previous Uzbek president, but many suspicions and accusations against Tajikistan caused the two to part ways diplomatically, but after his death, the new president promised to eliminate all tensions and renew relations. Our former USSR nations both speak Russian, at least to some extent, both identify primarily as Muslim.

Both share many cultural traits. huge between them, many people marry between the two countries and overall their Turkish neighbors seem to have made the best impression on them, which is saying something when you come from two completely different linguistic ethnic groups. In conclusion, Tajikistan is like the lone wolf of the former. ussr ok maybe one of them but the point is they have something very different locked in the mountains and they really are kind of a historical fusion story packaged in one place stay tuned tanzania is coming next. I love that place.