P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Adash Istad
See Istadov, Adash.
Adhamov, Akobir
Tajik physicist and mathematician Akobir Adhamovich Adhamov
was born in Samarqand on September 4, 1928. He joined the CPSU in
1959.
Adhamov graduated from the State University of Uzbekistan in 1949
and was a post-graduate student at the Moscow State Institute from
1950 to 1953. In 1957, he became a Corresponding Member of the
Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. From 1954 to 1965, he was a Senior
Instructor at the Tajikistan State University, Director of the Department
of General Physics, and the Dean of the Faculty of Physics and
Mathematics. He received his doctorate degree in physics and
mathematics in 1964, and became a professor in 1966. In 1968, he be-
came an Academician at the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan.
Under Adhamov's supervision, a number of ultrasonic and other
electricity-related laboratories were established at the Institute of
Physics. Adhamov's research made inroads into molecular, acoustic,
and theoretic views regarding wave expansion in liquids.
Adhamov combined his research with his pedagogical efforts and
taught his views to students at the advanced levels of physics at the

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University. Many graduate and post-graduate students and, indeed,

many faculty benefited from his research and teaching techniques. In
addition, he held many prominent physics- and mathematics-related
positions at the national level. Adhamov's contributions include Pri-
menenie metoda funktsii Grina v klassicheskoi statisticheskoi me-
khanike (Corresponding the Grin Functional Principles to the Me-
chanics of Category and Number, Dushanbe, 1975).
Adhamov was decorated with the Badge of Honor and several other
medals.