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Institute of Humanitarian Sciences

Pamir Branch, Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan
The Institute was founded in 1992. It consists of 3 departments:
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Philology of Pamir
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Philosophy
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Department of SAJ
The major fields of investigation at the Institute include
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Pamir languages;
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Pamir folklore;
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Literature of Badakhshan (in Pamir and Farsi languages);
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Economy of Badakhshan
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History of the Ismailis of the Pamirs.
The Khujand Scientific Center
The Center was founded in 1972. It consists of 4 departments and sectors of
philosophy, and laboratories: genetics of the cotton-plant, applied physiology of
plant and biotechnology, geology of useful minerals of North Tajikistan.
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Mathematics and Informatics;
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Physics;
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Chemistry
(with a laboratory investigating the chemistry and technology of high
molecular combinations and laboratory of analytical chemistry and inorganic
materials);
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History
(with archaeology, ethnography, ecology, and philological investigations);
The major fields of investigation include the coordination of fundamental and
applied investigations in the field of social and natural sciences in the Leninabad
province. The Center has scientific relations with Khujand State University, the
Khujand Branch of the Technological University, the University of Law, Business,
Politics, as well as with the Tajik-American business school.

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Central Scientific Library

The Library was founded in 1932. It is the greatest scientific treasure in the
Republic. The library consists of 115 departments and 9 branches. It contains more
than 1.5 million books and attracts about 17 thousand patrons who take out an
average of 500,000 books per year.
The library conducts research in the bibliographical area. The History of
Tajikistan is one of the bibliographic editions. The series of books entitled
Bibliographical Information About Tajik Scholars has been printed more than 70
times.
The Fund of Rare Books is housed at the Library. Among the books belonging
to the Fund there are many books from the private libraries of famous scholars,
including S. Oldenburg, M. Andreev, E. Pavlovsky, A. Mirzoev, and M. Osimi.