P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Akramov, Narimon
Tajik historian Narimon Mansurovich Akramov was born into a
worker's family on June 1, 1932, in the city of Khujand in northern
Tajikistan. He joined the CPSU in 1967.
Akramov graduated from the Tajikistan State University in 1956
with a degree in history and philology. From 1956 to 1959, he served as
a Professor of Soviet history at the State Pedagogical Institute of
Leninabad. Between 1959 and 1963, he was a post-graduate student at
the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. In
1971, he was appointed Chair of the Department of Soviet History of
the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute. Between 1963 and 1975, he pre-
pared and defended his doctoral dissertation on Sahmi Muhaqqiqoni
Rus dar Omuzishi Ta'rikh, Arkheologia va Etnografiai Khalqhoi Pomir
va Atrofi On (The Contributions of Russian Scholars to the Study of the
History, Archaeology, and Ethnography of the Peoples of Pamir and its
Surrounding Areas). Akramov's studies are devoted to V. V. Bartold,
M. S. Andreev, and A. A. Siminov, among others.
He is the recipient of a number of medals and awards.
Ali Khush
See Khushmuhammadzoda, Ali.
Aliev, Abbos
Tajik statesman and scholar Abbos Aliev was born in Bukhara in
1899. He received his early education in both the traditional Islamic
mektabs and in the new-method schools of Bukhara. He received his
doctorate degree in history and became a professor in 1940. Aliev
joined the CPSU in 1917. Aliev graduated from the "Krasnaya Profes-
sora" of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. He then be-
came involved in revolutionary activities primarily in Bukhara, Kagan,
and Charju. Between 1918 and 1920, he was the head of the clandestine
Party Committee of Charju. Thereafter, he became a Party functionary

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