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cow in 1936. Between 1925 and 1927, he was the Acting Chair of the

Union of Joiners (in animal husbandry) of Uroteppa. From 1931 until
1938, he was Second Secretary of the Dushanbe Party Committee, as
well as the acting Editor of Tojikistoni Surkh. He was a Lecturer for the
Party Committee of Stalinabad from 1939 to 1941. Then, between 1941
and 1946, he was Secretary of the Party Committee of Gharm. From
1946 to 1949, he was a participant at the Advanced Party School of the
Central Committee of the Communist Party in Moscow. From 1949 to
1951, he was an instructor at the Central Committee of the Communist
Party. In 1951 and 1952, he was the First Acting Director of the Donish
Republican Association. In 1952, he became a teacher at the Depart-
ment of History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union at the
Tajikistan State University. He received his doctorate in history in 1976,
and became a professor in 1978.
Sodiqov's research deals with the historical experience of the Com-
munist Party regarding the socialist structural changes in Tajik society.
His main contribution is Tajribai Ta'rikhii KPSS Oid ba Sokhtmoni Sot-
siolism dar Tojikiston: 1917-1959 (The Historical Experience of the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union in Building Socialism in Tajiki-
stan: 1917-1959, Dushanbe, 1967).
Sodiqov received the Order of Lenin Prize, and the Honorary Order
of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.
Sodirkhon
See Bobosharifov, Sodirkhon.
Soleh, Muhammadzamon
Tajik author Muhammadzamon Soleh, also known as Boboev, was
born into a scholarly family in the village of Padrogh in Mascho on
January 5, 1951. He received his early education in Mascho.
Soleh graduated from Tajikistan State University with a degree in
language and literature in 1978. Thereafter, he contributed to the literary
and dramatic programs of the Committee on Radio and Television.
From 1978 to 1981, he worked at the Lahuti State Academy of Dra-
matic Arts. From 1981 to 1989, he contributed to Madaniyati Toji-
kiston. From 1989 to 1991, he served the Department of Translations
and Publications of the Ministry of Education. In 1992-1993, he super-
vised the literary division of the Experimental "Ahorun" Theater.

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