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{{Short description|1989–1997 political party in Tajikistan}}
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{{Other uses|Rastakhiz (disambiguation){{!}}Rastakhiz}}
{{Infobox political party
| name             = Popular Movement «Revival»
| native_name      = Ҳаракати мардумии «Растохез»
| colorcode        = Yellow
| founded          = 14 September 1989
| country          = Tajikistan
| dissolved        = 1997
| ideology         = [[Secular liberalism]]<br>[[Liberal democracy]]<br>[[Civic nationalism]]<br>[[Anti-communism]]
| position         = [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]
| national         = [[United Tajik Opposition]]
}}
The '''Popular Movement «Revival»''',{{efn|{{Langx|tg|Ҳаракати мардумии «Растохез»|Harakati mardumiyi «Rastoxez»}}; {{Langx|ru|Народное движение «Пробуждение»}}}} simply known as the '''Rastokhez''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|r|æ|s|t|ɒ|ˈ|x|ɛ|z}}; {{IPA|tg|rɐstʰɔˈχez|lang}}), was a [[political party]] in [[Tajikistan]] in the years of [[Independence Day (Tajikistan)|independence]] and [[Tajikistani Civil War|civil war]] (1989–1997). It was founded on 14 September 1989, by members of the Tajik [[intelligentsia]], among them [[Tohir Abdujabbor]], with a moderate [[Nationalism|nationalist]], secularist and liberal democratic program.<ref>{{cite book|title=Conflict in the Soviet Union: Tadzhikistan August 1991|year=1991|publisher=Human Rights Watch|isbn=9781564320285|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OJRGFntulwoC&pg=PA16 }}</ref>

==History==
Its prominent position in the opposition to the ruling [[Communist Party of Tajikistan]] ensured that it became the main scapegoat for the [[Dushanbe riots]] of February 1990. The party was banned,<ref>[http://www.conflict-prevention.net/page.php?id=40&formid=73&action=show&surveyid=46 Randa M. Slim & Faredun Hodizoda, "Tajikistan: From Civil War to Peacebuilding" at the European Centre for Conflict Prevention] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201131033/http://www.conflict-prevention.net/page.php?id=40&formid=73&action=show&surveyid=46 |date=2008-12-01 }}</ref> which ensured total victory for the [[Communist Party of Tajikistan|Communists]] in the upcoming [[1990 Tajik Supreme Soviet election|elections]].

During the next years and the Tajik Civil War, Rastokhez, then underground, as well as the similarly minded [[Democratic Party (Tajikistan)|Democratic Party]], participated in the [[United Tajik Opposition]] (UTO) along with more Islamic groups. The party ceased to exist at the same time as the UTO, its members having mostly joined the Democratic Party at the time of the peace treaty (June 1997).<ref>[http://www.ca-c.org/online/2005/journal_eng/cac-02/10.muleng.shtml Parviz MULLOJANOV, ''Party Building in Tajikistan'']</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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{{Tajikistani political parties}}
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[[Category:Banned political parties]]
[[Category:Defunct political parties in Tajikistan]]
[[Category:Liberal parties in Asia]]
[[Category:Political parties in the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic]]
[[Category:Pro-independence parties in the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Tajikistani Civil War]]
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