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poetry. His lyrics deal with romantic themes in the tradition of the

Tajiks, while his critical pieces carry patriotism and nationalism to an
extreme.
Sobirov joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1973 and
is a recipient of the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the Supreme
Soviet of Tajikistan.
Sobirov, Qodir
Tajik philosopher Qodir Sobirovich Sobirov was born into a farmer's
family in the village of Qistakuz of Khujand on September 7, 1924. He
served at the war front from 1941 to 1945. He joined the CPSU in 1948.
Sobirov graduated from the Leninabad Pedagogical Institute in 1948.
In 1948 and 1949, he was the Head of the Department of Marxism-
Leninism of Kulab. Between 1949 and 1951, he was Director of the
Lecturers of the Kulab Committee and the Senior Instructor of the De-
partment of Essentials of Marxism-Leninism of the Kulab Pedagogical
Institute. From 1951 to 1954, he was a post-graduate student of Phi-
losophy at the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. From 1955 until
1958, he was Director of the Department of Marxism-Leninism of the
State Pedagogical Institute of Kulab. Thereafter, until 1962, he was the
Director of Historical Materialism of the Division of Philosophy of the
Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. In 1962, he became an Assistant
Professor of the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
From 1963 to 1970, he was Assistant Professor of Scientific Commu-
nism at Tajikistan State University. He received his doctorate degree in
Philosophy in 1970, and became a professor in 1973.
Sobirov's research dealt with the problems of historical materialism,
the history of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and Scientific
Communism, especially regarding the formation and development of
the nationalities. Sobirov's contributions include Tashakkul va Inkishofi
Millathoi Sotsiolistii Sharqi Soveti (Formation and Development of the
Eastern Soviet Socialist Nations, Dushanbe, 1964) and Tadzhikskaya
sotsialisticheskaya natsia--detishche Oktiabria (The Socialist Tajik Na-
tion Born of the October Revolution, Dushanbe, 1967).
Sobirov received the Order of the Red Star, and the Honorary Order
of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan. He died in
Dushanbe on September 9, 1974.

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