P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Nizom Qosim
See Qosimov, Nizom.
Nodir
See Egamov, Dodokhon.
Nosirov, Yusuf
Tajik biologist Yusuf Nosirov was born in Khujand on August 24,
1932. He joined the CPSU in 1955.
Nosirov graduated from the Leninabad Pedagogical Institute in
1950. From 1954 to 1960, he was a Senior Scientific Worker and the
Head of the Laboratory of the Physiology of Plants at the Institute of
Botanics. From 1960 to 1964, he performed the same task for the
Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan's Division of Physiology and
Biophysics. In 1964, he became the Director of the Institute of Biology

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and Biophysics of the Academy. He received his doctorate, and became

a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan in
1966. He became a professor there in 1968, and an Academic in 1981.
Nosirov's research deals with the structure of experimental biology.
He was the first to use photosynthesis in his research, and created new
avenues in plant production using photosynthesis.
Nosirov's contributions include Fotosintez i yrozhai khlopchatnika
(Photosynthesis and Harvesting Cotton, Dushanbe, 1956), Genetika
Fotosinteza i selektsiya (Genetics, Photosynthesis, and Selection,
Moscow, 1982).
Nosirov is a recipient of the Badge of Honor and other medals.
Nosirova, Ashura
Tajik dancer Ashura Nosirova was born in the village of Qistakuz of
Khujand in 1924. She is the daughter of the well-known musician,
Nosiri Surnaichi. She joined the CPSU in 1951.
Nosirova received her education at the Women's Technical School in
Stalinabad (1934-39). Her dancing career began as an amateur at
school. In 1939, she participated in one of the republican reviews of
rural talent and was noticed. That same year, she was invited to dance at
the Stalinabad Kolkhoz. From 1940 to 1960, she was a dancer at the
Tajikistan State Philharmonic Society. For several years, she learned the
intricacies of professional dancing by working with the Ensemble of
Soviet Dancers. During the war, she accompanied Tajik artists to the
front and danced for the troops. In her dances, she incorporates the
unforgettably unique aspects of traditional Tajik dance. She is