P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Tolibkhon
See Shahidi, Tolib.
Tolis
See Pulodov, Tolstoy.

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Toshev, Obloqul

Tajik economist Obloqul Toshev was born in Panjakent on February
12, 1931. He joined the CPSU in 1955.
Toshev graduated from the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute in 1954
and taught there for some time. Between 1957 and 1960, he taught po-
litical economics at the Party School affiliated with the Central Com-
mittee of the Communist Party of Tajikistan, as well as at the Dushanbe
Pedagogical Institute, where he was an Assistant Professor of Political
Economy. He received his doctorate degree in economics in 1973 and
became a professor in 1977. He was the Dean of the Institute of Agri-
culture of Tajikistan from 1974 to 1981. In 1981, he was appointed the
Director of the Political Economics Department of the Dushanbe Peda-
gogical Institute.
Toshev's research deals with family budgeting and public funds, es-
pecially as related to the kolkhoz system and its connection to the well-
being of Soviet Tajiks. His contributions include Fondhoi Jam'iyatii
Isti'mol va Ta'siri Onho ba Inkishofi Iqtisodiyoti Kolkhozho (The Public
Sources of Utilities and Their Impact on the Development of the
Kolkhoz System, Dushanbe, 1975); Biujeti O'ila va Fondhoi Jam'iyatii
Isti'mol (Family Budget and Public Sources of Utilities, Dushanbe,
1978); Sotsial'no ekonomicheskie problemi razvitia i ispol'zovania
obshchestvennikh fondov potreblenia kolkhozov (Socio-Economic
Problems of Progress and the Utilization of Funds Used in the Kolkhoz
System, Dushanbe, 1978).
Toshmuhammadov, Feliks
Tajik actor, director, and playwright Feliks Mastibekovich
Toshmuhammadov was born in Khorugh, Badakhshan, on December
21, 1926. He joined the CPSU in 1960.
Toshmuhammadov graduated from the Dushanbe Studio Theater and
the advanced directorial course of the Leningrad Music and Theater In-
stitute in 1951. In 1957, he studied at the Moscow State Institute for
Dramatic Arts. Between 1957 and 1962, he was the Director of the Rus-
sian Drama Theater Named After Mayakovskii. From 1963 to 1968, he
was the Head of the Artistic Division of the Ministry of Education of
Tajikistan, from 1968 to 1971, he was Chief Director. In 1971, he again
became Director of the Russian Drama Theater Named After
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Toshmuhammadov 's best creations include Bejihoz (Without a

Dowry), by A. Ostrovskii; Khonadorshavi (Getting Married), by N.
Gogol'; Soati Burji Kreml (The Kremlin Tower Clock ) and Sadoqat
(Truthfulness), by N. Pogodin; Hakimi Buzurg (The Great Philosopher),
by S. Ulughzoda and V. Vitkovich; and others. His contribution in print
is entitled Obrozi Lenin dar Teatrhoi Tojikiston (The Image of Lenin in
the Theaters of Tajikistan). It was published in 1960.
Toshmuhammadov became a Distinguished Artist of Tajikistan in
1963. He was the recipient of the Honorary Order of the Presidium of
the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan, as well as several other medals.