P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Toshtemirov, Nu'mon
Tajik singer and composer Nu'mon Toshtemirov was born in the
village of Oqqurghon in the Lenin District of Tajikistan on August 29,
1932.
He worked at the Tajikistan Philharmonic Society starting in 1951,
and beginning in 1962, at the Tajikistan Committee for Radio and Tele-
vision. He contributed to the group of Shashmaqom singers and, as a
soloist, recorded many Shashmaqom performances. His voice is rich
and pleasant. His contributions include singing in various maqams (i.e.,
modes of singing) including "Nasri Ushshoq," based on the poetry of
Hafiz; "Orazi Dugoh," based on the poetry of Abu Ali Sina; "Dugoh
and Soqinomai Savti Kalon" based on the poetry of Hiloli; and others.
Toshtemirov became a People's Singer of Tajikistan in 1969. He is
also a recipient of the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the Supreme
Soviet of Tajikistan.
Tukhtaev, Tursun
Tajik pathophysiologist Tursun Mahmudovich Tukhtaev was born in
the district of Konibodom in Leninabad on April 20, 1937. He joined
the CPSU in 1966.
Tukhtaev graduated from Tajikistan State Medical Institute in 1961.
In the same year, he became an intern in the Department of Patheo-
physiology of the same institute. In 1966, he became a Lecturer at the
Department of Pathophysiology and the Head of the Central Laboratory
of Scientific Research of the Medical Institute. He received his doctor-
ate degree in medicine in 1973.

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From 1976 to 1982, he was the Head of the Animal Physiology

Laboratory of the Agricultural Division of the Institute of Scientific Re-
search on Herding. From 1982 to 1986, he was the Director of the In-
stitute of Scientific Research in Epidemiology and Hygiene. In 1987, he
became Head of the Sports Clinic Department at the Institute of Physi-
cal Training. His contributions include Mumiyo i stimuliatsia regenera-
tivnikh protsessov (Wax and External Regeneration Processes, with K.
T. Tojiev, Dushanbe, 1971) and Mumiyo i krov' (Wax and Blood, with
M. Kh. Bobokhojaev and I. M. Aminjonov, Dushanbe, 1986).