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Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

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Usmonov, Pulod

Tajik geneticist Pulod Juraevich Usmonov was born in Konibodom
on May 7, 1935. He joined the CPSU in 1978.
Usmonov graduated from Tajikistan State University in 1959, then
became an intern at the Institute of Botanical Research. From 1962 to
1975, he was a Junior Scientific Worker and Head of the Radiobiology
Laboratory of the Institute of Physiology and Biology of the Academy
of Sciences of Tajikistan. In 1975, he became the Head of the General
Genetics Division for Cotton at the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan.
He became a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of
Tajikistan in 1985, and received his doctorate degree in biology in
1984. He became a professor in 1986.
Usmonov's research deals with the genetics of photosynthesis in ad-
vanced plants. His contributions include Dar Borai Ta'siri Harorat ba
Osibhoi Shuoii Khromosomai Nakhud (About the Effect of Heat on the
Damages Incurred by Light to Garbanzo Beans Chromosomes, 1966)
and The Genetic Basis of Photosynthesis, 1976.
Usmonov is the recipient of a number of medals.
Usmonov, Zafar
Tajik mathematician Zafar Juraevich Usmonov was born in Stalina-
bad on August 26, 1937. Little information is available about his early
life. He joined the CPSU in 1975.
He received his doctorate degree in physics and mathematics in
1973. He became a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences
of Tajikistan in 1976, and a full member in 1981. In 1984, he became
the Academic-Secretary of the Physics, Mathematics, Geology, and
Chemistry Scientific Division of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan.
Usmonov's research deals with the theory of elliptical planes and
equations, the theory of generalized analytical functions, and the theory
of deformation of planes. He was decorated with the Red Banner of
Courage and the 100
th
Anniversary of the Birth of Lenin Prize.