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
Independence Day of Republic of Moldova language law on August 31, 1989, which proclaimed the Moldovan language to be the state language of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic.On December 21, 1991, Moldova, along with 10 other Soviet republics, signed the act that formed the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Independence Day of Republic of Moldova Independence Day () is the national day of Moldova commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence from the Soviet Union on 27 August 1991. Being a public holiday its a free day for most of the people and employees, also most retail businesses and public institutions are closed on 27