Independence Day (Tajikistan) the country. In Dushanbe, started the rally of supporters of opposition parties, where they are required to convene an extraordinary session of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Tajikistan, the declaration of independence and the resignation of management of the Tajik SSR, suspension Communist party activity. Extraordinary session of the Supreme Soviet of the Tajik SSR was convened. On September 9, 1991 at the session Shuro Oli (Supreme Council) a Resolution and Declaration "On State Independence of the Republic of Tajikistan" was adopted. According to the law "On the feast days", September 9 which is officially known as "Day
Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic as Soviet Uzbekistan. Beginning 20 June 1990, the Uzbek SSR adopted the Declaration of State Sovereignty within its borders. Islam Karimov became the republic's inaugural president. On 31 August 1991, the Uzbek SSR was renamed the Republic of Uzbekistan and declared independence three months before the Soviet Union's dissolution on 26 December 1991. Uzbekistan was bordered by Kazakhstan to the north; Tajikistan to the southeast; Kirghizia to the northeast; Afghanistan to the south; and Turkmenistan to the southwest. The name, Uzbekistan, literally means "Home of the Free", taken from an amalgamation of "uz" (Turkic: "self"), "bek" (Turkic: "master", "bey in