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Rahimov, Rashid
Tajik economist Rashid Karimovich Rahimov was born in Khujand
on May 4, 1932. He joined the CPSU in 1959.
Rahimov graduated from the Leninabad Cooperative Technical
School in 1949 and from the Moscow Institute of Sociology Named

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After Plekhanov in 1953. From 1954 to 1957, he was a post-graduate

student. In 1957 and 1958, he was Assistant to the Acting President of
the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, and then from 1953 to 1963, the
Director of Industrial Division there. For one year (1963-1964), he was
the Director of the Economics Division. In 1964, he became the Direc-
tor of the Institute of Economics of the Academy of Sciences of Tajiki-
stan. He received his doctorate degree in economics in 1969, became a
professor in 1970, and a Corresponding Member of the Academy of
Sciences of Tajikistan in 1973.
Rahimov's research deals with the problems of repeated use of
stocks in basic production, the expansion of the republic's industry and
the improvement in people's social status. His contributions include Os-
novnie proizvodstvennie fondi promishlennosti Tadzhikistana (Basic
Sources for Industrial Production in Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 1962); Prob-
lemi effektivnosti i puti razvitia ekonomiki Tadzhikistana (The Difficul-
ties and Methods for Economic Progress in Tajikistan, Dushanbe,
1976).
Rahimov received the Badge of Honor, medals, and the Honorary
Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.
Rahimov, Sa'dullo
Tajik philosopher Sa'dullo Khayrulloevich Rahimov was born on
November 8, 1951, into a scholarly family in the village of Qozkhur in
the Ramitan district of Bukhara. He received his early education in the
traditional schools of Qozkhur and later in Dushanbe.
After finishing high school, Rahimov worked at the Tajik Kino
Studio as an assistant director for a year. Following that, he attended
courses dealing with theater and drama. He also entered college to com-
plete his education.
Rahimov graduated from Tajikistan State University with a degree in
philosophy in 1974. He then combined his studies in philosophy and
law with research in aesthetics. After he defended his thesis on aesthet-
ics, he became the Scientific Secretary of the Faculty of Philosophy and
Law of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. In 1987, after publishing
a series of articles on Tajik cinema, he was appointed the Director of
TajikFilm. He remained in that position until 1997, when he was ap-
pointed the Vice-President of the Committee on Television and Radio.

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