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Umarov, Khojamahmad
Tajik economist Khojamahmad Umarov was born in the village of
Shamtuj in Leninabad in 1945. He joined the CPSU in 1970.

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Umarov graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Tajikistan

State University in 1967. In 1967 and 1968, he was a Lecturer in politi-
cal economics at Tajikistan State University. In 1968 and 1969, he was
the Secretary for the Dushanbe Komsomol Committee. In 1970 and
1971, he was a Junior Scientific Worker at the Institute of Economics of
the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. Then, from 1971 to 1976, he
was a post-graduate student, and later, Senior Scientific Worker at the
same institution. In 1977, he became the Director of the Political Eco-
nomics Division of the same institute. He received his doctorate in eco-
nomics in 1987.
Umarov's contribution, dedicated to aspects of political economy,
include Sifati Mahsulot va Baland Shavii Darajaii Nakuahvolii Khalq
(Product Quality and the Rise in Peoples' Well-being, Dushanbe, 1976);
Jihathoi Iqtisodii Tarzi Zindagii Sotsiolisti (The Economics Side of So-
cialist Living, Dushanbe, 1977); Ba Sui Muzaffariathoi Nav (Towards
New Victories, Dushanbe, 1983); and Javononi Dihoti Kuhan (The
Youth of Ancient Villages, Dushanbe, 1986).
Umarov, Sulton
Tajik physicist Sulton Umarovich Umarov was born in Khujand on
August 11, 1908. He joined the CPSU in 1943.
Between 1923 and 1927, he attended the Pedagogical Technical
School of Tashkent. From 1927 through 1931, he studied at the Peda-
gogical Academy of Samarqand. From 1931 to 1941, he was Assistant
Professor of Physics and Mathematics at Uzbekistan State University in
Samarqand and, from 1936 to 1941, he was Dean of the Central Asian
State University. Between 1957 to 1964, he was the President of the
Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan and the Head of the Department of
Physics and Mathematics at Tajikistan State University. He became an
Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan in 1943, and in
1957, he became an Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Taji-
kistan.
Umarov's research deals with nuclear physics, electronic physics, the
theory of semi-conductive instruments, and the philosophy behind the
national sciences. During 1951 and 1952, his theory regarding the rules
governing water absorption of cotton and the effect of the water ab-
sorbed on the ability of cotton yarn to conduct electricity was published.

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