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Tajikistan
Index
The authors are indebted to numerous individuals and organizations who
gave their time, research materials, and expertise on the five republics
of Central Asia to provide data, perspective, and material support for
this volume.
Raymond Zickel organized the early stages of the book's compilation and
identified its chapter authors. Helen Fedor collected, selected, and
organized the book's photographs, which were contributed by numerous
individuals. Those individuals are acknowledged in the photo captions.
Thanks also go to Ralph K. Benesch, former monitor of the Country
Studies/Area Handbook Program for the Department of the Army, under whose
guidance the plan for the six volumes on the post-Soviet states was
formulated. In addition, the authors appreciate the advice and guidance of
Sandra W. Meditz, Federal Research Division coordinator of the handbook
series. Special thanks go to Marilyn L. Majeska, who supervised editing
and managed production; and to David P. Cabitto, who designed the book
cover and the illustrations on the title page of each chapter, provided
graphics support, and, together with the firm of Maryland Mapping and
Graphics, prepared the maps. The following individuals are gratefully
acknowledged as well: Askar Tazhiyev of the Embassy of Kazakstan, who
provided economic statistics; Raymond Milefsky of the Defense Mapping
Agency, who provided invaluable guidance on geographic names; Vincent
Ercolano, who edited the chapters; Beverly Wolpert, who performed the
final prepublication editorial review; Joan C. Cook, who indexed the
volume; Barbara Edgerton and Izella Watson, who did the word processing
and initial typesetting; and Janie L. Gilchrist and David P. Cabitto, who
prepared the camera-ready copy.
Data as of March 1996
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