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This was followed, in 1961, by several positions directing kalkhoz and

sovkhoz production in Asht and Lenin. Between 1977 and 1984, Pallaev
served as the First Secretary of the Qurghonteppa region. In 1984, he
became the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Tajiki-
stan.
Pallaev received the Order of Lenin Prize, four Orders of the Red
Banner of Labor, the Badge of Honor, and the Honorary Order of the
Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.
Payrav
See Sulaymoni, Otojon.
Pirmuhammadzod, Abdushukur
Tajik literary critic and playwright Abdushukur Pirmuhammadzod
was born in 1912 into a merchant's family in Samarqand. He is Abdu-
salom Dehoti's brother. Little is known about Pirmuhammadzod's early
background other than that his work was supported by Sadriddin Aini as
early as the 1930s.
Indeed, he began his career as an Editor and translator for the
Samarqand State Publications, with which Aini was working at the
time. Later on, in 1934, he carried out the same service in Dushanbe.
While working, he attended the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute. He
wrote many books for children, as well as several textbooks. His major
work is his 1940 Rustam va Suhrob (Rustam and Suhrab), for which he
collaborated with Ghani Abdullo. It was staged in Dushanbe at the
Abulqosim Lahuti Theater in 1940 and in Moscow in 1941.
Pirmuhammadzod died in 1942.
Pirumshoev, Haydarsho
Tajik historian Haydarsho Pirumshoev was born in the village of
Vodkhud of Vanj, Badakhshan, on December 30, 1944. He received his
early education first in his native village of Vodkhud, and later in
Navobod in the district of Gharm.
Although he entered the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute in 1963,
due to military service (1964-67), he did not graduate until 1970. Then,
he served as a teacher for two years. From 1972 to 1997, he was a post-
graduate student, teacher of Soviet History, Assistant Professor, and As-
sistant Professor of Homeland History of the Faculty of History and

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