Dushanbe Dushanbe Dushanbe (, ) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. Dushanbe means "Monday" in the Tajik language. It was named this way because it grew from a village that originally had a popular market on Mondays. , Dushanbe had a population of 802,700. Historically a small village, Dushanbe was made the capital of the Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in 1924. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (, "Dyushambe"), and from 1929 to 1961 as Stalinabad (, "Stalinobod)" which was named after Joseph Stalin. Situated at the confluence of two rivers, Varzob and Kofarnihon,
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