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Bahrom, Sirus

Iranian-born Tajik intellectual Sirus Ismoilovich Bahrom was born
into a family of physicians in Lenkoron, Azerbaijan, on January 1,
1885. He received his early education in the new-method Russian
schools of Lenkoron before he traveled to Iran in 1908, where he was
employed as an instructor in the town of Astara. He joined the CPSU in
1926.
In 1925, Bahrom graduated from the Moscow International Institute
and moved to Central Asia in search of work. For the next decade, he
worked at various positions in the Department of Education and with
the media.
Bahrom's poetic career dates to 1932, but surprisingly enough, his
first collection of poetry does not appear until 1975, when Hadiya
(Gift), a collection of verses and short stories, was published in
Dushanbe. In the same year, he also published a work entitled
Yoddoshtho (Reminiscences). His writings are mostly technical; some
include literary concepts that appear in Tajikistan for the first time.
Bahrom's other contributions include Qofiya dar Nazmi Tojik (Rhyme in
Tajik Poetry, 1955) and 'Aruzi Tojiki (Tajik Poetic Meters, 1963)
Bahrom joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1944. He
received the Order of Lenin, two Orders of the Badge of Honor, as well
as other medals.
Bahrom died in Dushanbe in 1981.
Bandishoeva, Savsan
Tajik actor Savsan Bandishoeva was born into a farmer's family in
the village of Vomari in the Rushon district in 1921. She joined the
CPSU in 1953.
Bandishoeva's artistic career began in 1938, when she performed as
a member of the havaskoron amateur group of the district of Rushon. In
1940, she moved to Dushanbe and from there accompanied the Tajik
artists who were going to Moscow to participate in the Decade of Tajik
Art. She performed her role in 1941 with great success. From 1941 to
1965, she performed in the regional musical and comedy theater at
Khorugh.
Bandishoeva is both a singer and an actor. Rozia, from the play
Rozia (Rozia), by E. Akubjonov and Zeleranskii, is the first role she
created. Later on, her roles as Gulqurbon and Gulbahor in the plays

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Toshbek and Gulqurbon (Toshbek and Gulqurbon, 1947) and Qishloqi

Tilloi (The Golden Winter Quarters, 1946) by M. Shakar introduced her
as a dramatic actor. In 1946, when the Decade of Badakhshan Art was
celebrated, she played the role of Kruchinin in A. Ostrovskii's
Gunahkovoni Bigunoh (Guiltless Sinners) with unmitigated success.
Bandishoeva retired from the theater in 1965.
She became a People's Artist of Tajikistan in 1946 and received the
Badge of Honor, and other medals.