History of the Jews in Central Asia and varied history. Jews first arrived in the eastern part of the Emirate of Bukhara, in what is today Tajikistan, in the 2nd century BC. After the Communists came to power they organized the country into republics, including Tajikistan, which was first formed as an autonomous republic within Uzbekistan in 1924, and in 1929 became a full-fledged republic. In an effort to develop Tajikistan, Soviet authorities encouraged migration, including thousands of Jews, from neighboring Uzbekistan. Most Jews settled in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, where they opened the Dushanbe synagogue. During World War II, a second wave of Ashkenazic Jews
Emblem of the Adjar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Emblem of the Adjar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic The national emblem of the Adjar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted in 1922 by the government of the Adjar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The emblem is identical to the emblem of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. The First Congress of Soviets of the ASSR of Adjara, which was held from January 10 to January 14, 1922, adopted the first Constitution of the ASSR of Adjara. The print of the constitution in 1922 shows the form of the emblem of the Adjar ASSR. In the Constitution of the Adjar Autonomous Soviet Socialist