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Bobojonov, Ma'ruf

Tajik author Ma'ruf Bobojonov, also referred to as Ma'ruf Bobojon,
was born into a scholarly family in the village of Haidar in Khujand on
November 3, 1945. He joined the CPSU in 1975.
Bobojonov graduated from the Tajikistan State University in 1967.
For a while, he worked for Tojikistoni Soveti, then joined the Commit-
tee for Radio and Television of Tajikistan. In 1986, he became the Di-
rector of the Bureau of Literary and Artistic Persuasions at the Union of
Writers of Tajikistan.
Bobojonov's writing career began in the 1960s. His contributions in-
clude Khishti Avval (The First Brick, 1971), Shabi Okhirin (The Last
Night, 1973), Jufti Kabutar (The Pigeon's Mate, 1981), Asiri Haftum
(The Seventh Slave, 1985), as well as the essays "Hodi Kenjaev" ("Hadi
Kenjaev," 1970),"Farzandi Zamin" ("The Offspring of the Land,"
1974), and others.
The Second World War plays a major role in Bobojonov's stories.
His characters are mostly young people chosen from among the workers
in the kolkhoz to symbolize the effort expended for the creation of a
progressive socialist society.
He joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1975. He is
the recipient of the Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of
Tajikistan.
Bobojonov, Ne'matjon
Tajik lawyer Ne'matjon Bobojonov was born into a family of farm-
ers in the village of Unji of Khujand on July 7, 1939.
Bobojonov graduated from Tajikistan State University in 1962.
From 1961 to 1963, he was a senior consultant at the Justice Division of
the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Tajikistan. In 1963 and 1964, he
was the Senior Consultant at the Justice Division of the Presidium of the
Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Tajikistan. From 1964 to 1966, he
was a post-graduate student at the Department of State Law and Soviet
Structures of the Tajikistan State University. In 1967 and 1968, he was
a Senior Instructor at the same institution. From 1972 to 1978, he served
as an Assistant Professor, Acting Dean, and Head of the Department of
Law of the Institute of Agriculture. He received his doctorate degree in
1986 and became a professor in 1987.

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Bobojonov's research deals with the problems of national govern-

ment, friendly relations with the other republics in the Soviet Union,
and the place of each republic within the larger Soviet system. Bobo-
jonov's contributions include Rastsivet Tadzhikskoi SSR v Soyuze SSR
(The Blossoming of Tajikistan During the Soviet Era, Dushanbe, 1974);
Dar Oilai Barodaronai Khalqhoi SSSR ( In the Brotherly Family of the
Peoples of the Soviet Union, Dushanbe, 1982); Sotsializmi Mutaraqqi
va Yagonagii Internatsionalii Respublikahoi Soveti (Progressive So-
cialism and the International Union of the Soviet Republics, Dushanbe,
1985); and Obrazovanie GVAO--torzhestvo leninskoi natsional'noi
politiki (The Establishment of GVAO--Lenin's National-Political Vic-
tory, Dushanbe, 1985).