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Sultonova, Toji
Tajik actor Toji Sultonova, also referred to Toji Sulton, was born in
Khujand in 1918. From 1929 to 1933, she studied at the Factory School
of the Kombinat and performed with the Kombinat amateur group.
In 1934, Sultonova was invited to the Pushkin Music and Drama
Theater of Leninabad. She worked there until 1976, when she retired.

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She has created many unforgettable characters from classical Russian,

Soviet Tajik, and foreign dramas.
Sultonova's outstanding roles include Ikaterina in Ra'du Barq
(Thunder and Lightning), by A. N. Ostrovskii; Shirin in Farhod va
Shirin (Farhad and Shirin), by K. Yashin; Laili in Laili va Majnun
(Layli and Majun), by Sh. Khurshed; Gulsar in Gulsara (Gulsara), by
K. Kashin and M. Muhammadov; Mahinbonu in Qissai 'Ishq (The Story
of Love), by N. Hikmat; and others. She was also well known as a
singer and dancer.
Sultonova became a People's Artist of Tajikistan in 1943. She was
the recipient of the Badge of Honor and medals, as well as the Honorary
Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.

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Tabarov, Nur
Tajik intellectual and journalist Nur Muhammad Tabarov (with the
occasional penname of Afsar) was born in Kofarnihon on July 15, 1941.
He received his elementary education at the Middle School #1 Named
after Krupskaya, in the Kofarnihon region. He is considered to be one of
the best, if not the best journalists in present-day Tajikistan. He joined
the CPSU in 1969.
Tabarov graduated from the Tajikistan State University in 1962 with
a degree in language and literature. In 1976, he graduated from the
Academy of Public Affairs of the Central Committee of the Communist