P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Abdusalomov, Islom
Tajik bird specialist and biologist Islom Abdurahmonovich
Abdusalomov was born in Samarqand on February 13, 1929. He joined
the CPSU in 1952.
Abdusalomov graduated from the department of Biology and Soil
Sciences of the Uzbekistan State University in 1950. In 1958, he de-
fended his dissertation and was appointed the Director of the Land
Animals with Vertebrae Division of the Institute of Zoology of the
Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. From 1967 to 1972, he was the
Director of that Institute. In 1972, he defended his dissertation entitled
Biologia va Khususiyyathoi ba Tarzi Amudi Joigirshavii Parrandagoni
Tojikiston (The Biology and the Properties of the Positioning of Birds at
Different Heights in Tajikistan). He received his doctorate degree in
biology in 1972 and became a Corresponding Member of the Academy
of Sciences of Tajikistan in 1976.
Abdusalomov has written a number of scientific works about the
birds of Tajikistan and their habitat. His Fauna Tadzhikskoi SSR, Ptitsi
(Tajikistan SSR, Fauna and Birds) was published in Dushanbe between
1971 and 1973.
Abulhaev, Raqib
Tajik historian Raqib Abulhaev was born in the village of Urmetan
in the Aini district of Sughd on February 10, 1938. He received his
early education in school district No. 2 in Urmetan.

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Abulhaev graduated from the Tajikistan State University with a degree

in history and philology in 1961. Since then, he has worked in the
Institute of History, Archaeology, and Ethnography of the Academy of
Sciences of Tajikistan. He received his doctorate degree in history in
1999, and at the same time was awarded the title of "Master of Sciences
and Technology."
Abulhaev's contributions include Mustahkam Gardidani Hokimiyyati
Shavravi dar Bolo Obi Zarafshon (The Consolidation of Soviet Rule in
the Upper Zarafshan Valley, 1972), Subhi Zarafshon (Zarafshan
Morning, 1983), Charoghi Ma'rifat (The Light of Knowledge, 1985),
Inkishofi Obyori va Azkhudkunii Zaminhoi Nov dar Tojikiston (The
Expansion of Irrigation and Inclusion of New Land in Tajikistan, 1988),
and others.
He is a Distinguished Contributor to Science and Technology in
Tajikistan (1999).