P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Rudaki Institute of Tajik Language and Literature
The Institute was founded in 1951. It consists of 7 departments and an
amalgamation of literary-memorial museums.
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History of Tajik Literature
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Modern Tajik Literature and Literary Relations

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Literary Heritage
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Tajik Folklore
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Modern Tajik Language and Its History
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Dialectology
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Dictionaries
The major fields of investigation for the Institute include
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History of literature and modern literary process;
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Investigation of problems of literary relations and translation;
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Study of genres and the specific character of Tajik folklore;
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Analysis of linguistic and historical development of the Tajik language;
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Preparation for publication of literary heritage; and
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Compiling dictionaries, textbooks and school supplies for schools and
universities of the Republic.
The following fundamental scientific research works have been prepared for
publication:
History of Tajik Soviet literature (6 volumes);
Collection of Tajik Folklore (35 volumes);
Explanatory Dictionary of Tajik Language (2 volumes);
Sketches on the History of Tajik Literature (12 volumes);
Experience of Scientific Generalization of Southern Dialects of the Tajik
Language (5 volumes);
Tajik-Russian Dictionary;
Russian-Tajik Dictionary;
Shugnan-Russian Dictionary;
 Explanatory Dictionary of Modern Tajiki Language;
Academic publication of collected works by A. Lahuti;
And a series of investigations on the history of the Tajiki language.

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