The Main Stages of Cooperation Between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan in the Field of Education and Science in Recent History

Relevance. At the present stage of international humanitarian relations between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan, there are a number of issues that have not been sufficiently studied, in particular, in the field of cooperation in the field of higher education and science. An analysis of the positive experience of relations between countries in this area will make it possible to find the optimal solution to the problems that arise today. The purpose of this article is to study the history of the development of educational and scientific– technical cooperation between Russia and Tajikistan after 1991. Research objectives: to analyze the treaties and agreements concluded between the countries during the study period; study materials containing information on the specifics of organizing the process of training qualified personnel for Tajikistan in Russian universities; to identify the degree of effectiveness of interstate cooperation in the educational, scientific and technical sphere in the period 1991– 2020; study the efforts of countries in promoting the study of the Rus-sian language in Tajikistan. Methodology. The source base of the study includes published (agreements, legislative acts, collections of documents, scientific papers, Internet resources) and archival materials. The work uses general scientific methods of synthesis and analysis of information, as well as methods characteristic of historical research: comparative historical and historical and legal. Results. The study showed that at the present stage, humanitarian relations between Russia and Tajikistan, based on the positive experience of the Soviet period, are developing dynamically. The study of the concluded interstate documents made it possible to identify the degree of effectiveness of cooperation between the countries. Conclusion. The results obtained in the study can serve as a basis for studying the problem of organizing and further developing interstate relations between Russia and Tajikistan in the field of higher education and science, taking into account historical experience.