Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic by the Tajik republican branch within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in all organs of government, politics and society. The Supreme Soviet was a unicameral legislature of the republic headed by a Chairman, with its superiority to both the executive and judicial branches and its members convened in the Supreme Soviet building in Dushanbe. Since independence in 1991, it retained the unicameral structure before being replaced by an bicameral system in 1999 using the presidential system. The republic's government structure was similar to those of other republics. Tajikistan was the only Central Asian Republic to not form an
Emblem of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Soviet anthem with "Tautiška giesmė". Lithuania was the first Soviet republic to restore its national symbols. However, the coat of arms were not restored. The traditional coat of arms of Lithuania was recognized as a national symbol, but not elevated to the status of state's coat of arms. That was done only in March 1990, the same day Lithuania declared independence. The emblem remained in use until Lithuania's independence was recognized by the Soviet Union on 6 September 1991. Emblem of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic The emblem of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic () was adopted in