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Qurbon Ali

See Urmonov, Qurbonali.
Qurbonaliev, Mardon
Tajik physicist and chemist Mardon Qurbonaliev was born in the
village of Galaobod in Kuibishev on January 2, 1938.
After graduating from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of
Tajikistan State University, he worked at the same institute. In 1982, he
became the Director of the Department of Solid Substances of the same
Faculty. He received his doctorate degree in chemistry in 1983.
Qurbonaliev's research deals with the physics and mechanics of
polymers. He was the first to discover the basic rules governing defor-
mation of polymers under stress in liquids. He also explained the role of
solvents in the organization of serial polymers. Qurbonaliev's research
opened new vistas in resolving industrial problems, especially with re-
gard to cotton products.
Qurbonov, Suhrob
Tajik painter Suhrob Usmonovich Qurbonov was born into a family
of workers in Qurghonteppa on July 2, 1946. He joined the CPSU in
1973.
Qurbonov graduated from the Moscow State Institute for Painting in
1971. From 1971, he has been involved in the creation of a series of
monumental works that appear in the Minutka Teahouse (1973), the
fresco in the Political Culture Center (1974), gobelins for the Firdowsi
State Library and the State Circus building (1978-1980), decorative
composition called The Poets in the Union of Writers of Tajikistan
(1981), mosaics for the building of the hydropower station in Norak
(1981), Davidani Aspi Ozod (The Running of the Free Horse), Bo Fikr
Vujud Doshtam (I Existed With Thought), Zamini Man (My Land), and
others
Qurbonov also has participated in a long series of exhibitions lo-
cally, as well as internationally in Moscow, Rumania, Czechoslovakia,
Germany Mongolia, India, Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkey. His paintings
depict historical, social, and cultural events in sincere and realistic
terms. His main contributions include Sokhtmoni Norak (The Norak
Building), Poizdi Avvalin (The First Train), Muhoriba (War), Dugo-
naho (Friends), Javononi Tojikiston (Tajikistan's Youth), Tui (Celebra-

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tion), Khotira (Memory), Lenin, Revolutsia va Rassom ( Lenin, Revolu-

tion and the Painter), and many others.
Qurbonov became a People's Artist of Tajikistan, and of the Soviet
Union in 1986. He has been the Head of the Union of Artists of Tajiki-
stan since 1982. He received of the Lenin Komsomol Prize in 1977.
Qurbonov has traveled to Germany, America, Finland, Switzerland,
Russia, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Iran, Hungary, Poland, and Bulgaria.