The Tajik people came under Russian rule in the 1860s. The Basmachi revolt broke out in the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and was quelled in the early 1920s during the Russian Civil War. In 1
The statue of Ismail Samani, a symbol of the history and culture of the Tajik people, in the city of Dushanbe.
Sculpture of a woman from Takht-i Sangin, 3rd-2nd century BCE, Tajikistan.
A Sogdian wall mural from the ruins of an aristocratic home in the archaeological site of Panjakent, showing Sogdian men playing a board game, 8th century
Painted clay and alabaster head of a Zoroastrian priest wearing a distinctive Bactrian-style headdress, Takhti-Sangin, Tajikistan, Greco-Bactrian kingdom, 3rd-2nd century BC.
Dushanbe is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. As of February 2023, Dushanbe had a population of 1,228,400, with this population being largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian
Panorama with buildings, Dushanbe
Ayni Opera Theatre in Dushanbe
Palace of Nations and the Flagpole, Dushanbe, Tajikistan