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history of classical, as well as Soviet Tajik literature. His forté in lit-

erature is the historical novel.
From 1954 to 1960, he served as a Scientific Worker at the Academy
of Sciences of Tajikistan. Between 1960 and 1972, he was director of
the History of Literature Division of the Rudaki Institute of Languages
and literatures. He joined
the
Union
of
Writers
of
the
Soviet Union in
1956.
Hodizoda has tirelessly worked on the preservation of the ancient lit-
eratures of the Iranian peoples. His early works deal with Tajik litera-
ture of the middle of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. In
this regard, he has contributed to the writing of A History of Tajik Lit-
erature During the 12th and 14th Centuries. His other contributions in-
clude Adabiyoti Tojik dar Nimai Duvvumi Sadai Nuzda (Tajik Litera-
ture During the Second Half of the 19
th
 Century, 1968), Shams al-Din
Shohin ( Shams al-din Shahin, 1974), Az Guzashta va Imruzi Adabiyoti
Tojik (About the Past and Present of Tajik Literature, 1974), Sitorai dar
Tirah Shab (A Star in the Middle of a Dark Night, 1983), Bui Jui Muli-
yon (The Fragrance of the Muliyan Brook, 1986), Khushbakhti Chist
(What Is Good Fortune, 1978), and Na Sitoraho Mirizand (No, the Stars
Will Fall, 1991).
He received the Red Banner of Courage, the award for the 100
th
An-
niversary of Lenin, and the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the
Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.
Hojiboev, Abdurahim
Tajik economist Abdurahim Ghozievich Hojiboev was born into a
farming family in the village of Qistakuz in Khujand on October 2,
1934.
Hojiboev graduated from the Saratov Planning and Economics In-
stitute in 1957. He was a Junior Scientific Worker between 1957 and
1961 at the Production Forces of the Academy of Sciences of Tajiki-
stan. From 1965 to 1978, he was Senior Scientific Worker and Head of
the Labor Reserve of the Soviet of Production of the Academy of Sci-
ences of Tajikistan. Then, from 1978 to 1980, he was Head of the Eco-
nomics Division of the Institute of Scientific Research in Agriculture,
State Committee of Agro-Industrial Institute of Tajikistan. In 1980, he
became Acting Director of Research at the same institute. He received
his doctorate degree in economics in 1982.

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Hojiboev's research deals with the problems of development and im-

plementation of production forces, demography, and regional econom-
ics of Tajikistan and Central Asia.
He is a recipient of the Red Banner of Courage, the 100
th
Anniver-
sary of Lenin, and the Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of
Tajikistan.