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Bobokhojaev, Muhammad
Tajik therapeutist Muhammad Bobokhojaev was born in Khujand on
November 19, 1924. From 1942 to 1946, he served at the war front. He
joined the CPSU in 1945.
Bobokhojaev graduated from Tajikistan State Medical Institute in
1951; for a while, thereafter, he worked at the same institute. In 1964,
he became the Director of the Department of Therapeutics of the Fac-
ulty of Pediatrics. He became a doctor of medicine in 1964, and a pro-
fessor in 1965. In 1975, he became the Head of the Department of
Dushanbe Hospital No. 1 and the Head Therapist and Hematologist of
the Ministry of Health and Well-being of the Republic. Bobokhojaev's
research is focused on the problems of cardiology, hematology, and en-
zymology. Under Bobokhojaev's supervision, a center for hematology
at Dushanbe and branches of cardiorheumatology in all districts of the
republic were established. Bobokhojaev's contributions include Kasali-
hoi Dilu Ragho va Pishgirii Onho (Diseases of the Heart and Veins and
Methods of Preventing Them, Dushanbe, 1977); and Zdrovoe serdtse i
visokogorie (Healthy Heart and High Altitude Conditions, Dushanbe,
1975).
Bobokhojaev was decorated with a number of medals.
Bobokhojaev, Sunnat
Tajik geologist Sunnat Madalievich Bobokhojaev was born on May
25, 1929, in the village in Pulodon of Konibodom. He joined the CPSU
in 1964.
Bobokhojaev graduated from the Tashkent State University of Cen-
tral Asia in 1950. He is a specialist in petrogeology and the geochemis-
try of magma. From 1950 to 1956, he studied the emergence and the
metallurgy of the magma zones of Takob and Yosro. He became a
doctor of geology and mineralogy in 1974. Beginning in 1975, he stud-

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ied the magma and the geochemical value of fossil fuel in the Qaroma-

zor region, looking for gold, silver, and lead.
His contributions include Petrologia i osobennosti geokhimicheskoi
spetsializatsii intruzivnikh kompleksov Vostochnogo Karamazara (Sev-
ernii Tadzhikistan) (Mineralogy and the Geo-Chemical Properties of
the Intrusive Complexes of Eastern Karamazor in Central Tajikistan,
Dushanbe, 1975); and Graniti shaidanskogo tipa (Marble of the Shay-
don Type, Dushanbe, 1976).
Bobokhojaev is a recipient of the Badge of Honor.