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 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