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
Flag of the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Flag of the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic The flag the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted in 1954 by the government of the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The flag is identical to the flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. On June 21, 1937, the Extraordinary 11th Congress of Soviets of the Mari ASSR adopted the Constitution of the Republic, which was approved by the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR on June 2, 1940. The flag of the republic according to the Article 112 of the constitution was a red cloth with golden inscriptions: "РСФСР" and