Arts
Turn of the century photos of Tajikistan
Some Photos of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
More Photos of Tajikistan
Images of historic Tajikistan from UNESCO

Culture
Tajikistan Update Culture Page
Central Asian Holidays
The Jewish Community in Tajikistan
The Lokai horse
The Karabair horse

Language
Languages Spoken in Tajikistan
UCLA Language Materials Project: Tajik Profile
List of North Armerican Schools that Teach Tajiki from the University of Minnesota

Alpamysh: Central Asian Identity under Russian Rule, by H.B. Paksoy
On the Turkic oral tradition of Central Asia
Introduction and Chapter 1: Alpamysh and the Turkic Dastan genre
Chapter 2: Attempts to destroy and save Alpamysh, Phase I
Chapter 3: The Alpmaysh Dastan (translation of Divay's 1901 Alpamysh and Commentary)
Chapter 4: Attempts to destroy and save Alpamysh, Phase II
Selected Bibliography and Index

Press Release 11/28/00: President Clinton Hosts Aga Khan on Foreign Policy Panel