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See Shukurov, Muhammadjon.
Sharifov, Hasanboi
Tajik journalist Hasanboi Sharifov was born into a family of workers
in Khujand on December 30, 1951.
Sharifov graduated with honors from the Tajikistan State University
with a degree in journalism in 1974. For the next twenty-two years, he
worked for various newspapers and journals of Leninabad, especially
Haqiqati Leninobod. In 1989, he defended his doctoral dissertation.
From 1996 to 1998, Sharifov worked as the Press Secretary for the
Head of the Leninabad Region. At the present, he continues in that po-
sition implementing the progressive programs of the regional director.
Sharifov's most recent contribution is an encyclopedic work entitled
Khujand (Khujand). His other contributions include Onho Portizon Bu-
dand (They were Partial, Dushanbe, 1985); Dilhoi Purjisorat (Bold
Hearts, Dushanbe, 1986); Ya'qubbek ( Yakubbek, Khujand, 1994); Radi
zhizn na zemle (Happy Life Upon the Earth, Khujand, 1995); Tojikoni
Burunmarzi (Tajik Diaspora, Khujand, 1996); and Dar Taloshi Niknomi
(Seeking a Good Name, Khujand, 1997).
Sharifov joined the Union of Journalists of Tajikistan in 1980.
Sharifov, Ibron
Tajik philosopher Ibron Sharifov was born into a farming family in
the village of Alisurkhon of Komsomolabad, Gharm, on September 15,
1931. He joined the CPSU in 1956.
Sharifov graduated from the Tajikistan State University in 1956. He
taught at the Kulab Pedagogical Institute between 1956 and 1960. From
1960 to 1963, he was a post-graduate student. He was a Junior Scien-
tific Worker from 1963 to 1965, and a Senior Scientific Worker from
1966 through 1971. Between 1972 and 1984, he was Head of Scientific
Communism of the Department of Philosophy of the Academy of Sci-
ences of Tajikistan. He received his doctorate degree in 1980, and be-
came a professor in 1986. In 1984, he became the Head of the Philoso-
phy Department of the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute.
Sharifov's research deals with introduction of socialist views into
inter-cultural relations--political, ideological, or social--among peoples
who have adopted the capitalist way of life. Soviet ethics, friendship

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