P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Irfon
See Mamadkhonov, Hassan.
Irkaboev, Rustam
Tajik actor and director Rustam Sulaimonovich Irkaboev was born
in Khujand on January 29, 1913. He joined the CPSU in 1947.
Irkaboev began his career in 1933 and, until the end of his life,
worked at the A. S. Pushkin Theater in Leninabad. His contributions in-

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clude Arsalon in Du Kommunist (Two Communists), by Yashin;

Ferdinand in Makr va Mahabbat (Cunning and Love), by F. Schiller;
and Askar in Orshin Mololon (Arshin Malalan), by U Hojibekov.
He also played in Farhad va Shirin (Farhad and Shirin), by K.
Yashin, Boi va Khidmatguzor (The Rich Man and the Servant), by H.
Hakimzoda and Tohir va Zuhro (Tohir and Zuhro), by S. Abdullo.
Irkaboev became a People's Artist of Tajikistan in 1960, and is the
recipient of the Badge of Honor and other medals.
Irkaev, Mullo
Tajik historian Mullo Irkaev was born in the village of Sairob of
Boisun, Uzbekistan, on May 9, 1910. He joined the CPSU in 1940.
Irkaev graduated from the Tashkent Pedagogical School in 1929 and
from the Faculty of History of the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute in
1939. Between 1941 and 1949, he was a Lecturer, division chair, and
acting director of propaganda and agitation of the Central Committee of
the Communist Party of Tajikistan. He also served as the Secretary of
the Party Committee of Dushanbe and Kulab. He became a professor in
1963 and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet
Union in 1967. From 1950 to 1975, he was Head of the Department of
History of the Soviet Union at Tajikistan State University. In 1975, he
became a professor at the Department of History of the Soviet Union.
Irkaev's research deals with Lenin's policy for the Communist Party,
friendship among the peoples of the republics of the Union, and the
contribution of the Russians to the elevation of Tajik culture. His con-
tributions include Kommunisticheskaia organizatsia v Tadzhikistane
(Communist Organization in Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 1976); Barpo va
Mustahkam Kardani Hokemiyati Soveti dar Tojikiston (Establishment
and Consolidation of Soviet Rule in Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 1966);
Oktiobri Kabir va az Navsozii Sotsioli u Madanii Dehot (The Great
October Revolution and the Social and Civilizational Reconstruction of
the Villages, Dushanbe, 1982); and Dehqononi Kolkhozi--Binokoroni
Fa'oli Sotsialism (Kolkhoz Farmers--the Active Builders of Socialism,
Dushanbe, 1986).
Irkaev was recognized as a Distinguished Teacher and a Distin-
guished Scientific Contributor to Tajikistan in 1964. He is also the re-
cipient of two Orders of the Red Banner of Labor, two Badges of
Honor, and the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
of Tajikistan.

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