Poles in Tajikistan form a small population, part of the Polish diaspora in Central Asia.
Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in 1939, the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic was one of the destinations for the deportations of Poles from Soviet-occupied eastern Poland.
[4] Several hundred Poles still lived in Tajikistan in the following decades, according to official census data.
Due to Soviet persecution of religion, Catholic services were held in secret.
[5] Clandestine services for Catholics were conducted by visiting Polish priests from Kazakhstan in 1954–1972.