P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), as well as with the Democratic Party of
Tajikistan (DPT). The coalition, popularly known as the Opposition,
was defeated in 1992 and 1993 and its leaders were dispersed.
Abdujabborov left Tajikistan in 1993. At the present, he lives in
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. He is the Director of the Department of Interna-
tional Economics of the Human Resources University.
Abdulhuseynov, Qulmuhammad
Tajik author Qulmuhammad Abdulhuseynov was born into a
farming family in the village of Rumid, in the Rushon district of
Badakhshan, on October 29, 1929. He joined the CPSU in 1951.
Abdulhuseynov graduated from the Stalinabad Library Institute in
1947 and from the Central Komsomol School in 1963. Between 1950
and 1959, he worked for the Badakhshan Komsomol Committee. In
1960, he became the Assistant Editor of Komsomoli Tojikiston. He
joined the Union of Writers of Tajikistan in 1965. In 1979, he became
the Director of the Renovation Division of the same institute.

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Abdulhuseynov's first creative work was published in the early

1980s. He is mainly a science fiction writer. Many of his stories have
appeared in Pioniri Tojikiston, Javononi Tojikiston, Badakhshoni
Shavravi, Mash'al, and Sadoi Sharq. His major works include
Nihonkhonai Qamar (The Hiding Place of the Moon, 1982) and
Boshishgoh dar Qamar (A Pavilion on the Moon, 1984).
Abdulhuseynov's characters continue to explore new and exciting
dimensions of the solar system. Reading his works, the younger Tajik
generation, too, is becoming increasingly curious about the subject.
Abdulhuseynov joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in
1985. He received the Red Banner of Courage and the Honorary Medal
of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.