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the Department of Roentgenology and Radiology of the Tajikistan State

Medical Institute.
Muhiddinov's research is centered on balneology and issues related
to radioactive isotopes in the diagnosis of various diseases. He studied
the effect of the water of Khojaobgarm on the intestine, and determined
the possibility of using radioactive phosphor (32p) for the intestine. He
also studied the impact of roentgenology and radiology in diagnosing
the swelling that results from cancer. Muhiddinov's contributions
include Radiatsionnaia diagnostika zabolevanii predstatel'noi zhelezi i
priamoi kishki (Diagnosis of the Diseases of the Male Reproductive
Glands and the Intestine Using Radiation, Dushanbe, 1975).
Muhiddinov was decorated with a number of medals.
Muhiddinov, Ikromiddin
Tajik ethnographer Ikromiddin Muhiddinov was born into a farming
family of the village of Tajik-2 of Kommunist on February 6, 1933.
Muhiddinov graduated from Qurghonteppa Pedagogical Institute in
1952 and from the Tajikistan State University in 1957. From 1957 to
1959, he was an intern and a Junior Scientific Worker. From 1959 to
1986, he was a post-graduate student, and later, a Scientific Worker at
the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. He received his doctorate
degree in history in 1985. In 1986, he became the Head of the
Ethnography Department of the same institution. Muhiddinov's research
deals with public occupations (farming, gardening, irrigation) and civic
life conditions (housing, clothes, food). He also deals with family
affairs, and with ancient customs and their reflection on modern
socialist society.
Muhiddinov's contributions include Zemledelie pamirskikh tadzhikov
Vakhana i Ishkoshima v XIX-nachale XX vv. (The Agriculture of the
Pamiri Farmers in Wakhan and Ishkashim, 1975), Osobennosti
Traditsionnogo zemli-delcheskogo khozistva pripamirskikh narodnostei
v XIX-nakh XX v. (Traditional Peculiarities of Pamir Farming
Communities from the 19
th
 to the Beginning of the 20
th
 Centuries,
Moscow, 1984), and Obriadi i obichai pripamirskikh narodnostei,
sviazannie s tsiklom sel'sko-khozaistvennikh rabot (Traditions and
Rituals of the Peoples of Pamir that Relate to Places of Worship,
Moscow, 1986).
Muhiddinov was decorated with the Red Banner of Courage.

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