DUSHANBE , July 13, Asia-Plus -- A book entitled “Analytical Survey on State of Ethnic Minorities in Tajikistan ” has been brought out in Dushanbe .

The author of this book is Viktor Kim, the chairman of the Soviet Koreans’ Association in Tajikistan .  This book is the first of a series of works on ethnic minorities living in Tajikistan .  

The book consisting of several chapters, including “Nationality Policy in the Soviet Union ” and “Main Factors Influencing State of Ethnic Minorities”, “International Experience”, contains analysis of processes and changes having taken place in Tajikistan ’s policy on nationalities as well as short comparative analysis of a state of ethnic minorities materials in Tajikistan and the CIS as a whole.  This work also touches up problems of inter-ethnic relationships and nationality policy.  

In preface of his work, Mr. Kim notes that topicality of this subject has been caused by a number of objective reasons.  He stresses at present more than 120 ethnic minorities are living in Tajikistan , and they constitute some 20 percent of the country’s population.  

The book has been published under support of the OSCE Center in Dushanbe .