Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic along a waterway. After Stalin's death in March 1953, Stalinabad, was renamed to "Dushanbe" on 10 November 1961 as part of the De-Stalinization program. In February 1990, tensions between the Tajiks and Armenians squared off in the republic's capital Dushanbe. 26 people died and 565 more were injured and the Soviet troops put down the riots. Both Yaqub Salimov, the Interior Minister and the youth activists were convicted for the participation in the riots. Later on 24 August 1990, Tajik SSR declared its sovereignty over Soviet laws. By 1991, Tajikistan participated in a referendum in March as part of the
Emblem of the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic from Latin to Cyrillic. In accordance with this, changes also occurred in the emblem. Emblem of the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic The emblem of the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted in 1921 by the government of the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The emblem is identical to the emblem of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. On November 10, 1921, the first All-Crimean Constituent Congress of Soviets adopted the Constitution of the Crimean Soviet Socialist Republic, which contained the description of the emblem of the Crimean SSR. The emblem of the Crimean SSR is described in Article