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[German Version] is a Central Asian state, sovereign since Sep 1, 1991 (Commonwealth of Independent States). Uzbekistan occupies an area of 447,400 km2 populated by Uzbeks (20 million) and several minorities: Russians, Tajiks, Koreans, and others (5 million). Major cities include Tashkent, the capital, Samarkand, and Bukhara. Sunni Islam, the predominant religion of Uzbekistan, was brought by the Arabs in the 7th century and progressively forced out Iranian cults, Buddhism, Nestorian Christianity (Nestorianism), and …

[German Version] The Republic of Tajikistan, independent since Sep 9, 1991, is a nation in Inner Asia (Asia, see map), bordered by Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, China, and Afghanistan. Tajikistan occupies an area of 143,100 km2 with a population of about 6.8 million, dominated by the Persian-speaking Tajiks (80%). Tajiks originated from the Old Iranian tribes who settled in the northeast of the ancient Persian empires and, until the spread of Islam, had professed Zoroastrian (Zoroaster), Buddhist, Nestorian (Nestorianism), and Manich…