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of Socio-Economic Factors in the Rise of Labor Benefits," Planovoe

Khozyaistvo, No. 9, 1980).
Nazarov, Haqnazar
Tajik historian Haqnazar Nazarov was born to a family of workers in
the village of Sangvor of Tavildara on April 20, 1931. He joined the
CPSU in 1957.
Nazarov graduated from Tajikistan State University with a degree in
history in 1953. In 1953 and 1954, he was a teacher at the Kulab
Pedagogical Institute. From 1955 to 1958, he was a post-graduate
student at Tajikistan State University. Between 1958 and 1963, he was a
Senior Scientific Worker at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the
Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. He was an Assistant Professor in
the Department of Modern History at Tajikistan State University from
1963 to 1981. He received his doctorate in history in 1979. In 1981, he
became the Director of Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sciences of
Tajikistan. Since 1993 he has been serving the Academy of Sciences of
Tajikistan as the leading researcher in the Institute of Oriental Studies
and Written Heritage.
Nazarov's research deals with the history of the peoples of Tajikistan
and Afghanistan and their interactions over the centuries, especially at
the end of the 19
th
and beginning of the 20
th
centuries. He is particularly
interested in the people's quest for freedom, and the resulting
establishment of liberal institutions. His contributions include Ravobiti
Bukhoro va Afghoniston az Barpo Shudani Davlati Duroniho to
Ghaltidani Amorati Bukhoro (The Relations Between Bukhara and
Afghanistan from the Establishment of the Durrani Dynasty to the Fall
of Bukhara, 1963); K kharakteristike narodnikh dvizhenii kontsa XIX v.
v Afganistane (A Description of the People's Movements in Afghanistan
During the Latter Part of the 19
th
 Century, 1968); Iz istorii dvizhenii
narodnikh mass Afganistana v nachale XX v. (Concerning the History
of the People's Movements in Afghanistan at the Beginning of the 20
th
Century, 1969); Narodnie i prosvetitel'sko-antifeodal'nie dvizhenia v
Afganistane konets XIX-nach. XX vekov (Peoples Movements and Anti-
Feudalism in Afghanistan [End of 19
th
 and Beginning of 20
th
 Centuries],
1976).

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Nazarov was recognized as Distinguished Contributor to Science in

Tajikistan and a Distinguished Contributor to Education in the Soviet
Union. He also received the Red Banner of Labor.
Nazarov has traveled to Afghanistan, Iran, and the republics of the
former Soviet Union.