 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yeSoviet, vatsigiri vekusununguka kweTajikistan vakatambudzwa zvakanyanya neKGB, uye vazhinji vakapfurwa vakafa kana kuiswa mutirongo kwemakore mazhinji. Pashure pokutanga kwenhambo yePerestroika, yakaziviswa naMikhail Gorbachev muUSSR yose, vatsigiri vezvimiririra zvehurumende vakatanga kutaura pachena uye vakasununguka. MuTajikistan SSR, sangano rekuzvimiririra rave richishanda kubvira 1987. Vatsigiri vekusununguka vaive Islamic Renaissance Party yeTajikistan, Democratic Party yeTajikistan uye yenyika democratic Rastokhez Revival Movement. Pamberi pokuparara kweUSSR, vanhu veTajikistan SSR vakapatsanurwa kuita misasa miviri. Yokutanga yaida kuzvimiririra kweTajikistan, kudzorerwa kwetsika nemutauro weTajik, kudzorerwa kwehukama hwezvematongerwo enyika netsika neIran neAfghanistan nedzimwe nyika, uye chikamu chechipiri chevagari chakaramba kuzvimiririra, chichifunga kuti ndiyo sarudzo yakanakisa yekuramba iri chikamu cheUSSR. Vaishora rusununguko zvikurukuru vaiva vagari vokuTajikistan vaitaura chiRussia. 