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See Osimov, Muhammad.
Osimov, Muhammad
Tajik philosopher Muhammad Saifiddinovich Osimov, also referred
to as Osimi, was born on September 1, 1920, in Khujand. He joined the
CPSU in 1945.
Osimov studied at the Leninabad Worker's College in 1937, and in
1941 graduated from the Samarqand State Institute of Physics and
Mathematics. From 1941 to 1946, he served at the War front. From
1946 to 1952, he was a head teacher and Director of the Department of
Physics of the Leninabad State Pedagogical Institute. Between 1952 and
1955, he was a post-graduate student of sociology at the Academy of
Social Sciences of the Soviet Union. From 1956 to 1962, he was the
Associate Minister of Education. From 1962 to 1965, he was the Sec-
retary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan and Acting Director of the
Cabinet of Ministers of Tajikistan. In 1965, he became the President of
the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. He received his doctorate in
philosophy in 1971 and in the same year, became a professor. In 1974,
he became a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of
Tajikistan.
Osimov's research deals with natural philosophy, the history of
Marxism-Leninism, and history of science and literature. He has studied
several problems of contemporary physics regarding the development of
matter. In his philosophical discussions, he has dealt with the develop-
ment of the thought patterns of the peoples of the east, and has come to
interesting conclusions. He has also studied some of the problems re-
lated to science and society, science and production, the status of certain
major scientific and literary figures of Tajikistan, and methodology for
defense against anti-Communism. His contributions include Asari
Barjastai Filosofioi Marksisti (Distinguished Work on Marxism, 1960),
Nakhustin Dorulfununi Mo (Our First University, 1961), Materia va
Tasviri Fizikii Olam (Matter and the Physical Visualization of the Uni-
verse, 1966), Paidoish va Tashakkuli Tafakkuri Falsafi (Appearance
and Formation of Philosophical Thinking, 1976), Issledovanie
etnicheskoi istorii drevnei Tsentral'noi Azii v sovetskoi nauke (Soviet
Science and Research on the Ethnic History of Central Asia, 1977), and

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