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rector of the Mathematical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of Ta-

jikistan, and has been the President of the Mathematical Society of Ta-
jikistan since 1966. Since 1983, he has served on the editorial board of
the American journal, Complex Variables Theory and Application.
Juraev has taught at the German universities of Darmstadt (1975),
Bonn (1981), Stuttgart (1986), and Berlin (1982-1997), as well as uni-
versities in Finland, Japan, Austria, and the United States. Juraev's pub-
lications include mathematical papers published in most of the countries
mentioned above, as well as five monographs published in Russia,
England, and the United States.
Juraev is a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, DFG-
Deutsch Forshung Gemeinshaft. He won the Ibn Sina State Prize in
2001. He also received the Badge of Honor, the Red Banner of Cour-
age, the 100
th
Anniversary of the Birth of Lenin Prize, and the Honorary
Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.
Juraev has traveled to Germany, Japan, the United States, Austria,
and Finland.
Juraev, Qandil
Tajik geographer Qandil Sharifovich Juraev was born in the village
of Shuli of Gharm, on January 9, 1927. He joined the CPSU in 1952.
Juraev graduated from the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute in 1948
and taught as a senior teacher of geography and natural sciences, and
later was appointed the Dean of the same Institute. Between 1975 and
1980, he was the Head of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan. He received
his doctorate degree in geography and became a Corresponding Mem-
ber of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan in 1973. He became a pro-
fessor in 1974. In 1983, Juraev became the Head of the Department of
Economic Geography of the Soviet Union.
Juraev's research deals with the economic problems and geography
of implementing productive forces in Tajikistan. His contributions in-
clude Ahamiyyati Iqtisodii Obhoi Tojikiston (The Economic Importance
of the Water Resources of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 1971) and Ocherkhoi
Tabiat va Iqtisodiyoti Khojagii Qishloqi RSS Tojikiston (Studies About
the Nature and Economics of Agriculture in SSR of Tajikistan,
Dushanbe, 1973).
Juraev became a People's Singer of Tajikistan in 1946. He was rec-
ognized as a Distinguished Contributor to Science in Tajikistan in 1977.

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