| 16 Oct 1929 |
the Declaration on the Establishment of the Tajik Socialist Soviet Republic is adopted by the Extraordinary Congress of Councils of the Tajik ASSR on 16 Oct 1929 |
| 16 Oct 1929 - 5 Dec 1936 |
Çumḩurii Sotsialistii Sovetii Toçikiston (Ҷумҳурии Сотсиалистии Советии Тоҷикистон) = Tadžikskaja Socialističeskaja Sovetskaja Respublika (Таджикская Социалистическая Советская Республика) | Tajik Socialist Soviet Republic |
| 5 Dec 1929 |
the Tajik SSR is admitted to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in accordance with a resolution of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR passed on 5 Dec 1929 (USSR aws and Orders Collection - Part I, No. 75, 21 Dec 1929, pp. 1414-1415) |
| 5 Dec 1936 |
the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic is named a constituent republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in accordance with the Constitution (Basic Law) of the USSR (Konstitucija (Osnovnoj Zakon) Sojuza Sovetskih Socialističeskih Republik | Конституция (Основной Закон) Союза Советских Социалистических Республик) adopted by the Extraordinary All-Union Congress of Councils on 5 Dec 1936 in Moscow (USSR Eighth Congress of Councils Proceedings 1936, Bulletin No. 12, pp. 38-39; USSR Eighth Congress of Councils Proceedings 1936, Constitution, pp. 1-20) [1] |
| 5 Dec 1936 - 31 Aug 1991 |
Respublikai Sovetii Sotsialistii Toçikiston (Республикаи Советии Сотсиалистии Тоҷикистон) = (to 31 Dec 1989) Tadžikskaja Sovetskaja Socialističeskaja Respublika (Таджикская Советская Социалистическая Республика) | Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic |
| 1 Jan 1990 |
Tajik (Persian) is recognized as the state language in accordance with a law passed by the Supreme Council (Soveti Olii | Совети Олии) щт 22 Jul 1989, effective on the date (1 Jan 1990) fixed by a resolution of the Supreme Council of 22 Jul 1989 (Soviet Tajikistan, No. 175, 30 Jul 1989, p. 1; Tajik SSR Supreme Council Records, No. 15, 1989, Art. 102) |
| 24 Aug 1990 |
the sovereignty of the Tajik SSR is proclaimed in accordance with a declaration passed by the Supreme Council (Šūroi Olii | Шӯрои Олии) of the Tajik SSR on 24 Aug 1990 (Soviet Tajikistan, No. 194, 29 Aug 1990, p. 1) |
| 31 Aug 1991 |
the name of the state is changed to the Republic of Tajikistan (Çumḩurii Toçikiston | Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон) in accordance with a law passed by the Supreme Council on 31 Aug 1991 (Soviet Tajikistan, No. 172, 4 Sep 1991, p. 1; Tajikistan Supreme Council Records, No. 18, 1991, Art. 226, p. 9) [2] |
