P rominent t ajik f igures of the

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P
ROMINENT 
T
AJIK
F
IGURES OF THE
T
WENTIETH 
C
ENTURY
by
Dr. Iraj Bashiri
Professor
The University of Minnesota
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
2002

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Copyright © 2002 by Iraj Bashiri
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form
whatsoever, by photograph or mimeograph or by any other means, by
broadcast or transmission,by translation into any kind of language, nor
by recording electronically or otherwise,without permission in writing
from the author, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in
critical articles and reviews.
Dushanbe, Tajikistan 2002

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Acronyms and Abbreviations
AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
CIS Commonwealth of Independent States
CNR Commission for National Reconciliation
CP Communist Party
CPSU Communist Party of the Soviet Union
CPT Communist Party of Tajikistan
DPT Democratic Party of Tajikistan
DSU Department of State Road Construction
GES Hydroelectric Station (at Norak)
GVAO (Russian) Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region
GVBK (Tajik) same as GVAO
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
IMU Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
IRPT Islamic Resurgence Party of Tajikistan
KGB State Security Committee
KOMSOMOL Communist Youth League
KPSS same as CPSU
MIRT Movement for Islamic Revival in Tajikistan
MSS Manuscript
MTS Machine Tractor Stations
RFE/RL Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
SSR Soviet Socialist Republic
SSSR same as USSR
STD Sexually Transmitted Diseases
STE Soviet Tajik Encyclopedia
STI Sexually Transmitted Infections
Tajik SSR Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
TIPEMS Tajik Institute of Post-graduate Education of Medical Staff
TS Tajik Scholars
UNAIDS The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
UTO United Tajik Opposition

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