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Kholov's career began in 1940. From 1947 to 1951, he was the Sec-

retary to the Komsomol Committee of Shulmak. From 1956 to 1959, he
was the Party Committee Secretary for Mikoianabad and First Party
Committee Secretary of Obigarm. From 1959 to 1963, he was the Head
of the Executive Committee of the Representatives of the Laborers of
Kuybishev and the First Party Committee Secretary of the Moskva dis-
trict. From 1964 to 1984, he was the Acting Head of the Presidium of
the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.
Kholov is the recipient of two Orders of Lenin, the Order of the
October Revolution, and two Orders of the Red Banner of Labor. He
was also awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2
nd
Class, the Badge of
Honor, and the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
of Tajikistan.
Kholov retired in 1984 and passed away thereafter.
Kholzoda, Said
Tajik popular poet Said Kholzoda was born into a shoemaker's fam-
ily in the village of Marzich in Aini in 1916.
Kholzoda graduated from a seven-month pedagogical course in
Leninabad in 1937. He went to Hissar and contributed to the digging of
the Varzob canal. His early poems include "Mu'allimoni Surkhi Shuro"
("The Red Teachers of the Soviet," 1937) and "Bo Rohbarii Lenin"
("With Lenin's Leadership," 1938). In his story entitled "Du hayot"
("Two Lives"), published in 1957, he compared the past and present
lives of his people and pointed out the benefits of socialist life. In 1960,
he wrote the second part of this story, which includes "Partavi Hayoti
Nav" ("The Light of the New Life"). The collection is entitled "Tarona-
hoi Navruzi" ("New Year Songs"). His subsequent contributions deal
with the freedom of women and girls under socialism. This series in-
cluded Inqilob (Revolution), which was written in two volumes and
published in 1960 and 1967. Other poems in the series are "Taasurot az
Moskva" ("Impressions of Moscow," 1962), and "Imdodi Lenin"
("Lenin's Assistance," 1967).
Kholzoda's Chohkan Ziri Choh (The Well Digger Under the Well),
published in 1964-65, depicts the struggle of the people of Palestine
against the people of Israel. The language of his creations is simple.

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