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The Civil War in Tajikistan

General Overview

"Civil War in Tajikistan: Causes, Developments and Prospects for Peace" by Sergei Gretsky
From the book Central Asia: Conflict, Resolution, and Change
" U.N. Report on Internally Displaced Persons in Tajikistan" by Francis Deng (10/24/97)
"Russian Hegemony and State Breakdown in the Periphery Causes and Consequences of the Civil War in Tajikistan" by Barnett R. Rubin
(brr3@COLUMBIA.EDU)
The Post-Soviet Fate of Tajikistan
by Shahram Akbarzadeh (March 1996)
(polsa@LURE.LATROBE.EDU.AU)
"Another Afghan War?" Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (January/February 1994)
"Entre guerre et paix, le Tadjikistan à la recherche de la stabilité "
by Myriam Gaume (July 1995/French )
Political Islam and Conflict in Tajikistan by Saodat Olimova
Welcome to the Republic of Leninabad? by Keith Martin
The Tajik Conflict by Irina Zviagelskaya
Aid To Tajikistan by Ernest Thomas Greene

Foreign Intervention
"Cockpit of Central Asia: Afghanistan Factor in Tajikistan's Crisis"
by K. Warikoo
Russian and Uzbek Intervention in the Tajik Civil War April 21, 1997
by Monika Sheperd (shepherdhall@earthlink.net) Posted at the Tajikistan Update Fall 1997
" Intervention in Central Asia" ISCIP Perspective (Jan-Feb 1997)
by Monika Sheperd (shepherdhall@earthlink.net)
"The Fragmentation of Tajikistan" by Barnett R. Rubin
(brr3@COLUMBIA.EDU)
Uzbek Role in Tajik Civil War is Ominous Portent for Central Asia by Michael Collins Dunn
Russian Policy and Tajikistan by Lena Johnson
"Russian and CIS peace enforcement in Tajikistan" by Sergey V. Solodovnik and Iver B. Neumann
e-mail Iver B. Neumann:(IverB.Neumann@nupi.no)
"Russians in Central Asia and the Caucasus: An Uncertain Future" by Dr. Andrei Shoumikhin (December 1997)
"Russian Troops and the Conflict in Tajikistan" by Karim Khodjibaev (November 1997)
Russia And The "Near Abroad" by Stephen Foye
(vol III, 12/ December 1995)
" The Strange Case of Russian Peacekeeping Operations in the near Abroad 1992-1994 "
by Lester W. Grau and MAJ William A. Jorgensen (1995)
Foreign Military Studies
202 CIS peacekeepers killed in Tajikistan since 1993 (BBC 10/10/98)

Khudaberdiyev's Revolt
Tajik evidence of Uzbek involvement in rebellion (BBC 11/28/98)
Tajikistan/Uzbekistan: Ripples From Deteriorating Relations Spread Through CIS by Salimjon Alioubov (RFE/RL 11/16/98)
Tajikistan: Rebellion Prompts Re-examination Of Peace Process by Salimjon Aioubov (RFE/RL 11/10/98)
Tajikistan claims victory over rebels (BBC 11/09/98)
Foreign powers 'knew' of Tajik rebellion plans (BBC 11/08/98)
Tajikistan: Latest Uprising Shows Peace Still Fragile by Salim Aioubov and Bruce Pannier (RFE/RL 11/06/98)
Tajik rebels: 'We will blow up dam' (BBC 10/06/98)
Tajikistan: Who Is The Man Who Brought Renewed Turmoil?(August 20, 1997)
by Bruce Pannier (PannierB@rferl.org)
Central Asia: Mutinous Tajik Army Commander Makes Demands (July 16, 1997)
by Ravshan Temirov (temirovr@rferl.org)
"Central Asia: Khudaberdiyev Endangers Tajik Peace Accord"(June 20, 1997)
by Salimjon Aioubov (aioubovs@rferl.org)
Tajikistan: Warlords -- A Country's Scourge (March 07, 1997)
by Iskandar Aliev alievi@rferl.org
Tajikistan: Government Includes Strongman On Negotiating Team (February 24, 1997)
Abbas Djavadi djavadia@rferl.org
Tajikistan: Standoff Continues In Western City (January 17, 1997)
Abbas Djavadi e-mail:djavadia@rferl.org

Sadirov Brothers
Tajikistan: Warlord Rezvon Sadirov Becomes Latest Victim (December 02, 1997)
Salimjon Aioubov (aioubovs@rferl.org)
" Hostage Taking Season Comes To Tajikistan" February 06, 1997
by Bruce Pannier (PannierB@rferl.org)
"Tajik Hostage Situation Grows More Complicated by The Day" February 14, 1997
by Bruce Pannier: (PannierB@rferl.org)
Tajikistan: Warlords -- A Country's Scourge (March 07, 1997)
by Iskandar Aliev alievi@rferl.org
" Tajikistan: Inter-Clan Fighting Again Threatens to Split the Republic " by Igor Rotar (03/08/96) Jamestown Foundation

Peace Process
Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov speaks in New York (Asia Society 09/30/98)
State Administration in Tajikistan: Understanding Reality (May, 1998)
by Farrukh Salihov (farrukhi@hotmail.com)
"The Role of the OCSE in the Peace Process of Tajikistan"
by Olivier Roy
From the book Central Asia: Conflict, Resolution, and Change
Tajikistan: Opposition Questions Peace Process (June 2, 1998)
Salimjon Aioubov (aioubovs@rferl.org)
Tajikistan: Government, Opposition Launch Experiment In Cooperation (September 05, 1997)
by Bruce Pannier (PannierB@rferl.org)
"Tajikistan: Stability Threatened Despite Peace Accord" (18 July 1997)
Salimjon Aioubov (aioubovs@rferl.org)
"Tajikistan: Peace Accord To Be Signed June 27" (09 June 1997)
Salimjon Aioubov (aioubovs@rferl.org)
Tajikstan: Dushanbe, Opposition Agree On Coalition Government (February 21, 1997)
by Abbas Djavadi djavadia@rferl.org
"Tajikistan: Difficult Peace Talks Achieve Little " (21 January 1997)
by Salimjon Aioubov (aioubovs@rferl.org)
Tajikistan: Opposition Leader Demands Part In Government (January 16, 1997)
by Abbas Djavadi djavadia@rferl.org
Tajikistan: Agreement Reached On Refugee Return (January 13, 1997)
by Abbas Djavadi djavadia@rferl.org
Tajikistan: U.S. Diplomat Says Some Groups Feel Excluded From Talks (January 09, 1997)
by Abbas Djavadi djavadia@rferl.org
Tajikistan: Opposition Criticizes Dushanbe's Plan For Commission ( January 08, 1997)

by Abbas Djavadi djavadia@rferl.org
The Latest Tajik Agreement, Is This At Last? (January 03, 1997)
by Bruce Pannier (PannierB@rferl.org)
"The Latest Tajik Cease Fire -- An Unlikely Guarantee For Peace" (December 12, 1996)
by Bruce Pannier e-mail author (PannierB@rferl.org)
Tajikistan: Analysis--Time For Peace In Tajikistan, Or Else (November 18, 1996)
by Abbas Djavadi djavadia@rferl.org

Culture in Tajikistan

The Art of Chingiz Aitmatov's Stories by Iraj Bashiri
Constructive Customs in the Music and Dance of the Tajiks by Nizam Nurjanov
Some Shashmaqam Puzzles in Tajik Music by Faraqat Azizova
Religious Poetry in Tajik Badakhshan
Dafs�z in Tajik Badaxsh�n; Musical genre and rhythmic pattern
Caucasus/Asia: Nowrooz Holiday Celebrates Life (March 20, 1998)
by Abbas Djavadi djavadia@rferl.org
Central Asia: Islam Ponders -- To Beard Or Not To Beard (June 1, 1998)
Salimjon Aioubov (aioubovs@rferl.org)
The Peculiarities of Samanid Decorative Architecture
by Sulhiniso Rahmatullaeva
Architectural Decoration in Ma Wara' al-Nahr During the Khujandi Era
by Sulhiniso Rahmatullaeva,
Firdowsi and His Shahname in Tajik Representational Art
L. Dodkhoudoeva & M. Sharif
Carnival Procession with Rustam fills the gap.
by Nizam Nurjanov
. Epic on the Screen
by A. Ahrorov
Science in the Epoch of Firdowsi
by Abdulhai Komili
The Image of Funerary Dances on Sughdian Ossuaries
by Yusefshah Ya'qubshah
The Coins of the Time of Kamal Khujandi
by D. Davudov

The Economy in Tajikistan

National Economy, Wealth and Poverty
Tajikistan Human Rights Development Report (1996)
Infrastructure in Tajikistan
Tajikistan Human Rights Development Report (1996)
Work and Employment
Tajikistan Human Rights Development Report (1996)
World Bank - Tajikistan: Country Brief (August 1998)
World Bank To Assist Tajikistan's Reform Program (July 31, 1998)
World Bank To Support Reconstruction Efforts In Tajikistan (January 29, 1998)
World Bank To Assist Tajikistan's War-Torn Economy (December 16, 1997)
Tajikistan: Economy Still Suffering From War's Legacy Says EBRD (April 16, 1997)
By Stuart Parrott
Tajikistan: Isolated Nation Seeks Transport Links (October 08, 1997)
Farangis Najibullah (najibullahf@rferl.org)
Resource-Rich Central Asia Opens To The World by James P. Dorian - jdorian@lava.net
Published in Asia-Pacific Issues(No. 14/ Jul 94)

The Environment in Tajikistan

Environment in Tajikistan
Tajikistan Human Rights Development Report (1996)
"The Water and Soil Crisis in Central Asia -
a Source for Future Conflicts ?"
by Stefan Klötzli (May 1994/ENCOP Occasional Paper No. 11)
"Central Asia: A Looming Ecological Apocalypse" (23 May 1997)
Salimjon Aioubov (aioubovs@rferl.org)
Tajikistan - ENRIN assessment report

Ethnicity in Tajikistan

The Jews of Bukhara by Donna L. Carr (1997) (byblos@getnet.com)
"Neither Tajiki Nor Uzbeki: Russian " (1991) by Iraj Bashiri (bashi001@maroon.tc.umn)
28 May 95 "Continued Regional and Ethnic Tensions"
"Ethnic issues in the USSR's collapse and the CISUs future"
by William S. Mandel

Government and Politics in Tajikistan

State Administration in Tajikistan: Understanding Reality (May, 1998)
by Farrukh Salihov (farrukhi@hotmail.com)
The Constitution of Tajikistan
Central Asia: Assassination Affects Politics - An Analysis (July 24, 1998)
Salimjon Aioubov (aioubovs@rferl.org)
Dictatorship and Civil War in Central Asia: Tajikistan
by Alan F. Fogelquist
(Eurasia Research Center/ August 11, 1998)
Alternative Social Institutions and the Politics of Neo-Patrimonialism in Tajikistan
by Kirill Nourzhanov August 1996
Interview With Qadi Akbar Turajonzoda by (No 2/ 1995)
"Muslims and Communists Vie for Power in Tajikistan" by Iraj Bashiri (bashi001@maroon.tc.umn)
Tajikistan Leninabad: Crackdown In The North
"I n t e r v i e w with Davlat Khudonazarov" Uncaptive Minds (Fall Winter 1994)
24 Feb 95 "Tajik Parliamentary elections will not be free or fair"
Human Rights Watch/Helsinki
21 Oct 95 "Tajik Elections Will Not be Free or Democratic"
Human Rights Watch/Helsinki
9 Nov 95 "Presidential Election Conducted in Climate of Fear" Human Rights Watch/Helsinki

Health Care in Tajikistan

World Health Organization - Overview of Tajikistan
Health and Nutrition in Tajikistan
Tajikistan Human Rights Development Report (1996)
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS - Report on Tajikistan
Tajikistan: Typhoid Outbreak Waning (March 03, 1997)
by Abbas Djavadi djavadia@rferl.org
Tajikistan: Health Care Remains Sickly (February 27, 1998)
by Farangis Najibullah (najibullahf@rferl.org)
Tajikistan: AIDS, Too, Will Hit Hard (November 20, 1997)
by Farangis Najibullah (najibullahf@rferl.org)

The History of Tajikistan

Tajikistan in the 20th century
The History of the Asharkhanid Rulers of Bukhara by Iraj Bashiri
Tajik Ethnicity in Historical Perspective by Iraj Bashiri
The Bukhara of Sadriddin Aini by
Darwaz and Karategin Asiatic Quarterly Review (January-April, 1892)
Revelations Regarding Badakhsh�n Asiatic Quarterly Review (January-April, 1895)
Rewriting Tajik History by M.S. Asimov
"The History of a National Catastrophe" by Rahim Masov
Medicine and Medical Care Under the Samanids by Yusuf Nuraliev (1997)
"From the Manghits to a Democratic State" 1997
by Iraj Bashiri (bashi001@maroon.tc.umn)
"Samanid Renaissance and Establishment of Tajik Identity" (1997)
by Iraj Bashiri (bashi001@maroon.tc.umn)
" The Bukhara of Sadriddin Aini " (1993)
by Iraj Bashiri (bashi001@maroon.tc.umn)
"Basmachi Movement From Within: Account of Zeki Velidi Togan"
"'Basmachi': Turkistan National Liberation Movement 1916-1930s" by H. B. Paksoy
"The Conflict in Tajikistan: Questions of Regionalism" by Davlat Khudonazarov
From the book Central Asia: Conflict, Resolution, and Change
"'Pan-Turkism'-- Two Mythical PANs: Uses of Apocrypha Ascribed to the Turks" by H. B. Paksoy
"Nationality and Religion: Three Observations from Omer Seyfettin"
"'Basmachi ve 1916-1924 Turkistan Bagimsizlik Savasi" (Turkish)
Soviet period 1917-1991
Vicheslav Pankratov (slawa@ezdial.com)
Central Asia and Russian Empire
Vicheslav Pankratov (slawa@ezdial.com)
Khanate of Bukhara XVI-1920
Vicheslav Pankratov (slawa@ezdial.com)
Khanate of Khiva 1511-1920 Vicheslav Pankratov (slawa@ezdial.com)
Safavid dynasty 1502-1736
Vicheslav Pankratov (slawa@ezdial.com)
Timur empire 1370-1405
Vicheslav Pankratov (slawa@ezdial.com)
"Conflict and the State in the Caucasus and Central Asia"
by Neil J. Melvin (June 1998)
"The Legacy of Russian Rule in the Caucasus and Central Asia"
by Dr. Robert F. Baumann (March 1998)

Human Rights in Tajikistan

The Internet in Tajikistan

Tajikistan: Email And Internet Make Headway (November 19, 1997)
Salimjon Aioubov (aioubovs@rferl.org)

Language in Tajikistan

"The Languages of Tajikistan in Perspective" by Iraj Bashiri (bashi001@maroon.tc.umn)
The Yaghnobis by Iraj Bashiri (bashi001@maroon.tc.umn)
Shughnani by Professor Karamshaev
The following is:
Ishkashmi, Zebaki and Yazghulami:
An Account of Three Eranian Dialects
by Sir George A. Grierson
Internet Introduction
Preface
Introduction
I. Alphabet
II. Phonology
III. Formation of Words and Composition
Indexes of Words
IV. Inflexion
A. The Article
B. Nouns Substantive and Adjective
C. Pronouns
D.Verbs
V. Indeclinables
Ishkashmi Story
Ishkashimi-English Vocabulary
English-Ishkashimi-Zebaki-Wakhi-Yazghulami Vocbulary
A Short List of Yazghulami Words
Words In Other Pamir Dialects

The Media in Tajikistan

Tajikistan: 1997 U. S. State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practice (Issue 46 05/15/98)
Tajikistan: First private TV station on the air
Tajikistan: Second TV channel to be set up (Issue 48-49 09/15/98)
Tajikistan: TV chief criticizes media coverage of events in republic (Issue 50 11/01/98)
Tajikistan: Independents to cooperate with state broadcasters (Issue 50 11/01/98)
Tajikistan: 1996 U. S. State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (Issue 36 04/20/97)
Tajikistan: State Department Country Reports on Human Rights (Issue 27-28 03/31/96)
Draft Statute of the Republic of Tajikistan on Television and Radio (Issue 21 09/27/95)
Comments on the Draft Tajikistan Media Law (Issue 21 09/27/95)
Tajiksitan: State Department Country Reports on Human Rights(Issue 15 02/27/95)
Journalists' Continuing Almanac of Danger: Tajikistan's Official Terror (Issue 15 02/27/95)
The Press in Tajikistan (Issue 12-13 12/10/94)
Television in Tajikistan: A Report (Issue 11 10/15/94)
" Tadjikistan - Reporters Sans Frontieres" (French)
" Television in Tajikistan: A Report" (Issue 11/ October 1994)
"Tajikistan - Draft Law on Media and Commentary" Translated Document
"Tajikistan: Journalists Live In Danger And Fear " (18 March 1997)
by Salimjon Aioubov (aioubovs@rferl.org)
"Country Report Tajikistan" Committee to Protect Journalism
" A land without news: CPJ returns to Tajikistan by David Satter" Committee to Protect Journalism
"A Retreat to Tyranny: Tajikistan's Unreported War Against Press Freedom"
Committee to Protect Journalism

Regionalism in Tajikistan

"The Fragmentation of Tajikistan" by Barnett R. Rubin
(brr3@COLUMBIA.EDU)
Tajikistan Leninabad: Crackdown In The North Human Rights Watch/Helsinki
"The Conflict in Tajikistan: Questions of Regionalism" by Davlat Khudonazarov
From the book Central Asia: Conflict, Resolution, and Change
"The Fergana Valley: A View From Uzbekistan" by Rafik Saifulin (April 1996)
"Regionalism in Tajikistan: Its Impact on the Fergana Valley" by M.A. Olimov and S.K. Olimova (March 1996)

Relgion in Tajikistan

" Islamic Survivals and the Ways to Overcome Them " by A. Bazarov and R. Majidov
"Islam in Central Asia" by Davlat Khudonazar (August 1995)
"Religion: The Pillar of Society" by Qadi Akbar Turajonzoda
""The 'Religous Factor' in Central Asia and the Caucasus" " by Dr. Georgi Derluguan and Dr. Anara Tabyshalieva (June 1997)
Interview With Qadi Akbar Turajonzoda by (No 2/ 1995)

Women in Tajikistan

Women, Children and the Family
Tajikistan Human Rights Development Report (1996)
Women and War in Tajikistan (Central Asia Monitor, No. 1, 1994) by Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh
(Shahrbanou@fouzb.undp.org)
Joint Activities of the WID Bureau with the Majlisi Oli (Parliament)
by Shoko Noda
The Widows of Tajikistan
by Muborak Sharipova and Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh
Project Document of the Women in Development Programme
Women Play an Important Role in Peace and Post-Conflict Development in Tajikistan( 1998) >
by Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh
(Shahrbanou@fouzb.undp.org)
New hope for women in Tajikistan
by Monica Whitlock (March 08, 1998/ BBC)
Women in Tajikistan
Chapter 7 of "Tajikistan Human Development Report - 1996"
Violence against women in Tajikistan
by Peter Heinlein(October 19, 1997)

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