Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Академияи илмҳои Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, italic=yes, ''Akademiyai ilmhoi Jumhuriyi Tojikiston''; russian: Академия наук Республики Таджикистан, italic=yes, ''Akademiya nauk Respubliki Tadzhikistan'') incorporates 20 research institutes and three territorial groupings: the
Pamir Branch in the eastern part of the country (with 2 institutes), the
Khujand Scientific Center in the north, and the
Khatlon
Khatlon Region ( tg, Вилояти Хатлон, ''Viloyati Xatlon''), one of the four provinces of Tajikistan ( tg, вилоят, ''Viloyat''), is the most populous of the four first level administrative regions. It is situated in the southwest ...
Scientific Center in the south-west. The Academy is organized in three thematic divisions: physico-mathematical, chemical, and geological sciences; biological and medical sciences; humanities and social sciences. The incumbent president is Academician M.I. Ilolov, elected in 2005.
Originally a part of the
Soviet Academy of Sciences
The Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union was the highest scientific institution of the Soviet Union from 1925 to 1991, uniting the country's leading scientists, subordinated directly to the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (until 1946 ...
, the Tajik Academy of Sciences was established in 1951 as the Academy of Sciences of Tajik SSR, designated the highest scientific body in
Tajik SSR and since 1991 in the
Republic of Tajikistan.
External links
Official website
in ''Big Soviet Encyclopedia'', online edition
* H. Borjian, Tajikistan Academy of Sciences
''Encyclopaedia Iranica Online''
National academies of sciences
National academies of arts and humanities
Science and technology in Tajikistan
1951 establishments in the Soviet Union
Scientific organizations established in 1951
Members of the International Council for Science
USSR Academy of Sciences
Members of the International Science Council
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