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| State motto: Пролетарҳои ҳамаи мамлакатҳо, як шавед! | |||||
| Official language | None. | ||||
| Capital | Dushanbe | ||||
| Chairman of the Supreme Council | Rakhmon Nabiyev (at independence) | ||||
| Area - Total - % water | Ranked 8th in former Soviet Union 143,100 km² -- | ||||
| Population | Ranked 8th in the former Soviet Union
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| Currency | Ruble (сўм) | ||||
| Time zone | UTC + 5 | ||||
| Anthem | Anthem of Tajik SSR | ||||
The Tadzhik SSR was the name given to Tajikistan when it was part of the Soviet Union from 1936 to 1991. Previously it had been part of the Russian SFSR.