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Olimi, Qutbiddin
Tajik movie director Qutbiddin Olimi was born in Khujand on May
1, 1908. He is one of the first contributors to the Tajik film industry.
Olimi studied in the Dushanbe Movie Actors Courses and at the
State Institute of Arts. Originally, he was discovered by N. Dostal, the
famous movie director who introduced a number of other faces to Tajik
theater as well. Olimi's directorial activity dates to 1938 and to his film
entitled Bogh (The Garden). Also in 1938, he traveled to Leninabad and
learned the principles of dubbing. Upon his return to Dushanbe, he
formed a studio for dubbing films. From 1941 to 1945, he served at the
war front. After the war, he continued his work in Dushanbe and
dubbed more than 400 films, including Asal (Honey), Dursun (Dursun),
A'zoi Hukumat (Government Officials), Lenin dar Soli 1918 (Lenin in
1918), Lenin dar Oktiobr (Lenin in October), Odami Miltiqdor (Man
with a Rifle), Shashumi Iyul (Sixth of July), Daftari Kabud (The Black
Book), and Oilai Ulionovho (The Ulianov Family). Olimi 's only contri-
bution in print is entitled Dublozhi Filmho (Dubbing of Films). It was
published in Dushanbe in 1970.
Olimi became a Distinguished Artist of Tajikistan in 1958. He also
was awarded the Badge of Honor, a number of medals, and the Honor-
ary Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.
Olimi died in Dushanbe on March 3, 1970.
Olimov, Ismoiljon
Tajik physician Ismoiljon Yusufovich Olimov was born in Lenina-
bad on November 18, 1936.

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Olimov graduated from Tajikistan Medical Institute in 1960. In 1960

and 1961, he was a doctor of neuropathology at the Khojaobgarm re-
sort. In the following year, he was an intern at the Clinical Division of
the Department of Neurological Diseases of the Tajikistan State Insti-
tute of Medicine. From 1962 to 1965, he was a post-graduate student at
the Department of Neurology of the State Institute of Medicine of
Moscow. From 1965 to 1970, he was the Director of Neuropathology of
the clinical division of Hospital No. 1 of Dushanbe. He received his
doctorate in medicine in 1976 and became a professor in 1980.
Olimov's contributions include Patologia obmena aminokislot pri
sudorozhnom sindrome u detei rannego vozrasta (The Pathology of the
Exchange of Amino Acid in Small Children During Convulsions, 1972).
Olimov was recognized as a Distinguished Contributor to Health
Services in Tajikistan in 1979.