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 Pamir may refer to: Geographical features * Pamir Mountains, a mountain range in Central Asia ** Pamir-Alay, a mountain system in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, part of the Pamir Mountains *A pamir (valley) is a high plateau or valley surro ...

Branch in the eastern part of the country (with 2 institutes), the

Khujand Khujand ( tg, Хуҷанд, Khujand; Uzbek: Хўжанд, romanized: Хo'jand; fa, خجند‌, Khojand), sometimes spelled Khodjent and known as Leninabad (russian: Ленинабад, Leninabad; tg, Ленинобод, Leninobod; fa, لنی ...

Scientific Center in the north, and the Khatlon 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 The Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic,, ''Çumhuriji Şūraviji Sotsialistiji Toçikiston''; russian: Таджикская Советская Социалистическая Республика, ''Tadzhikskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Resp ...

and since 1991 in the

Republic of Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centra ...

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 {{Tajikistan-stub