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Bahovaddinov, Alouddin

Tajik philosopher Alouddin Mahmudovich Bahovaddinov was born
on November 5, 1911, in Samarqand. He joined the CPSU in 1941.
Bahovaddinov graduated from the Samarqand Pedagogical Institute
in 1931. As a post-graduate student, he worked at the Samarqand Peda-
gogical Institute for a while, then moved to Dushanbe, and went from
there to the war front. He became a doctor of philosophy in 1951, a pro-
fessor in 1952, and a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sci-
ences of Tajikistan in 1953. His scientific work begins in 1945. From
1951 to 1959, he was the Head of the Philosophy Department of the
Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. At the same time, he was the Head
of the Department of Philosophy of Tajikistan State University (1955-
1966). From 1962 to the end of his life, he was the Director of the
Institute of History of the Party at the Central Committee of the
Communist Party. Bahovaddinov's contributions include Ocherki
Ta'rikhi Partiai Komunistii Tojikiston (A Study of the Communist Party
of Tajikistan, 1964, 1969) and Ta'rikhi Tashkilothoi Komunistii Osiai
Miona (History of the Communist Institutions in Central Asia, 1967).
Bahovaddinov's studies are based on the works of Ibn Sina and on the
development of socialist thought in the Tajikistan of the late 1800s and
early 1900s. He is the first Tajik philosopher to use the works of Ibn
Sina as the basis of his studies. In addition, he studied the works of
Ahmad Donish and Donish's contemporaries--Shahin, Asiri, Saddiqi,
Aini, and others.
Today, Bahovaddinov's students are contributing to our understand-
ing of philosophy not only in Tajikistan but also in the other republics
of the former Soviet Union. Bahovaddinov 's other publications include
"Vidaiushchiisia pamyatnik filosofskoi misli tadzhiskogo naroda,"
Voprosi filosofii ("Outstanding Philosophical Works of the Tajiks,")
Philosophical Questions, 1948, No. 3; "Iz istorii obshchestvenno-poli-
ticheskoi misli tadzhikskogo naroda" Voprosi filosofii ("From the Social
and Political History of the Tajik Peoples, "Philosophical Questions,
1951, No. 3.
Bahovaddinov received the Order of Lenin, the Red Banner of
Labor, and the Badge of Honor.
He died on February 23, 1970, in Dushanbe.

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