Ismaili Centre, Dushanbe is also notable for some of its sustainability features, such as earthquake-resistance and the use of an innovative water-source heating and cooling system. Ismaili Centre, Dushanbe The Ismaili Centre, Dushanbe is one of six such centres world-wide and is an Ismaili jamatkhana. It was the fifth purpose-built Ismaili Centre, and the first in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital of Tajikistan, a country characterised by an unusually extensive Ismaili population: the region of Badakhshan, which spills over northeastern Afghanistan, eastern Tajikistan and North Pakistan, is the only part of the world where Ismailis make up the majority of the population.
Flag of the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Flag of the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic The flag of the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted in 1954 by the government of the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The flag is identical to the flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. The first flag of the Komi ASSR was described in the first Constitution of the Komi ASSR, which was adopted by the Central Executive Committee of the Komi ASSR on 26 May 1937, at the 11th Extraordinary Congress of Soviets of the Komi ASSR.The flag is described in Article 116 of the constitution : On