Culture of Tajikistan Malika Sobirova won a gold medal in an international ballet competition. Since independence, there has been a pre-Soviet cultural revival in an attempt to foster a sense of national identity. Novelist Taimur Zulfikarov, and professors Rahim Masov and Bozor Sobir being prominent. Culture of Tajikistan The culture of Tajikistan has developed over several thousand years. Tajik culture can be divided into two areas, Metropolitan and "Kuhiston" (Highland). Modern city centres include Dushanbe (the capital), Khudjand, Kulob, and Panjikent. Zoroastrianism had been adopted by Persian emperors as a state religion, and was practiced in Central Asia as well. It eventually declined
Anthem of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic remove mentions of Joseph Stalin. This is the version presented here for the Tajik stanzas, but the Russian version given here is the old one. Anthem of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic </div> The State Anthem of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (; ) was the national anthem of Tajikistan when it was a republic of the Soviet Union and known as the Tajik SSR. Modern-day soundtracks of the anthem generally have the music played in C minor. The anthem used from 1946 to 1994, long of Tajikistan's independence. The music was composed by Suleiman Yudakov, and the lyrics were