From 1965, he simultaneously acted as deputy chairman of ministers in the Tajik SSR. And then from 1982 to 1986, he served as chairman of ministers in the Tajik SSR. In December 1984, Mahkamov was ...

Although Tajik SSR remained the Soviet Union’s least urbanized republic, great gains were made in social services, particularly education. But “serious economic imbalances were held just below ...

Workers renovating the Tajik parliament building were surprised to find four Soviet-era busts -- including one of Josef Stalin -- stashed away in a hidden room.