Formerly an Asian Soviet

Usage examples of tadjik.

An hour later, reaching penetration altitude of 66,000 feet, he passed over the Soviet border, high above the village of Kirovabad in the remote Tadjik Republic.

Sullivan had remained with his empty cup in his hand, hunched forward, his eyes glued to the Tadjik carpet as if he wanted to engrave its pattern in his memory.

Persian descent, who were called Tadjiks when they lived in Turkestan.

I might not die of cold, or heat, or thirst, or starvation, or at the hands of robbers, Pathans, Tadjiks, Uzbeks, or Turkomen.

Red Crescent and Red Cross inspectors reported that the refugees were made welcome by their coreligionists, the Uigurs, Kirghiz, Uzbeks, Tadjiks, and Kazakhs, who had lived in that part of China from time immemorial.