Dushanbe The Soviets transformed the area into a centre for cotton and silk production, and tens of thousands of people relocated to the city. The population also increased with thousands of Tajiks migrating to Tajikistan following the transfer of Bukhara and Samarkand to the Uzbek SSR as part of national delimitation in Central Asia. On 10 November 1961, Stalinabad was renamed Dushanbe, the name it retains to this day. Severe rioting occurred in February 1990, after it was rumored that the Soviet government planned to relocate tens of thousands of Armenian refugees to Tajikistan. The Dushanbe riots were primarily fueled by
Emblem of the Tuvan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Emblem of the Tuvan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic The national emblem of the Tuvan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted in 1962 by the government of the Tuvan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The emblem is identical to the emblem of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of October 9, 1961, the Tuvan Autonomous Oblast was transformed into the Tuva Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, which was confirmed by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 10, 1961 and approved by the USSR