P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Mavjuda
See Hakimova, Mavjuda.
Mavlonov, Sharof
Tajik chemist Sharof Mavlonovich Mavlonov was born in Samar-
qand on May 6, 1935. He joined the CPSU in 1966.
Mavlonov graduated from the Samarqand State University in 1958.
From 1958 to 1961, he was a post-graduate student at the Academy of
Sciences of Tajikistan. In 1962, he became the Director of the Semi-
conductor Physics Laboratories of the Institute of Physics and Technol-
ogy of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. He became a doctor of
chemistry in 1980.
Mavlonov studies the physical and chemical processes of crystalliza-
tion and segregation of mixtures and determines their use as technical
devices in electronics. His contributions include Segregatsionnoe Yavle-
nie pri kristallizatsii poluprovodnikov (The Separation Processes Dur-
ing the Crystallization of the Semi-conductors), Dushanbe, 1979.
Mavlonov is the recipient of the Red Banner of Courage and the
100
th
Anniversary of the Birth of Lenin Prize.

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Mavlonova, Hanifa

Tajik singer Hanifa Mavlonova was born in Leninabad on January
30, 1924. She is the daughter of People's Musician Muhiddin
Mavlonov. She joined the CPSU in 1952.
Attracted to music from an early age, Mavlonova graduated from
Leninabad Institute of Music in 1936. From 1952 to 1959, she studied at
the Moscow Conservatory. Thereafter she worked at the Youth Theater
(1937-1939) and at the Leninabad Musical Theater (1939-1943). Her
role as Sanavbar in R. Jalil's Sanavbar (Sanavbar) launched her career.
In 1943, she became a soloist at the Aini State Theater for Opera and
Ballet. Her best roles at this theater include Mahin in A. S. Lenskii's
Mahin va Zuhro (Mahin and Zuhro), Tatiana, Liza and Maria in
Tchaikovsky's Evgeni Onigin (Evgeni Onegin), Desdemona in G.
Verdi's Otello (Othello), Gulru in Sh. Saifiddinov's Pulod va Gulru
(Pulod and Gulru), Niso in Balasanian's Bakhtiyor va Niso (Bakhtiar
and Nisa), Malohat in Y. Sabzanov's Bozgasht (Return), Surma in S.
Urbakh's, Domodi Nomdor (Famous Son-in-Law), and others.
Mavlonova's voice is strong, rich, pleasant, and impressive. She por-
trays the characters she plays naturally and expresses their feelings with
clarity. She has appeared in concerts and on radio and television, and
has performed Tajik, as well as western characters. She has also
contributed to the development of cadre for opera in the same way that
she has contributed to the development of other genres. In 1967, she be-
came an Assistant Professor in the Department of Voice and Training
for Opera of the Tajik State Institute of Arts. Soon after, she became the
Director that institute.
Mavlonova became a People's Artist of the Soviet Union in 1968.
She received the Order of Lenin, the Red Banner of Labor, the Badge of
Honor, and a number of medals.