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("The Morning of My Country," 1970), and "Rozi Dil" ("The Secret of

the Heart," 1983).
Pulodi joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1940. He
received the Badge of Honor, the Red Banner of Courage, and the Hon-
orary Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.
Pulodi died in Moscow on July 29, 1974.
Pulodov, Abdumajid
Tajik neuropathologist Abdumajid Musoevich Pulodov was born on
April 8, 1925, in the village of Kistakuz in Khujand. From 1941 to
1945, he was a major at the front. He joined the CPSU in 1946.
Pulodov graduated from the Tajikistan State Medical Institute in
1950. From then until 1964, he served as an assistant and Assistant Pro-
fessor there. In 1964, he became the Director of Neurology of the same
institute. He received his doctorate degree in medicine in 1963, and be-
came a professor in 1965. He also received an honorary doctorate from
Harvard University, U.S.A., in 1971.
Pulodov's contributions include Propedevtikai Bimorihoi Asabi (The
Preparatory Study of the Diseases of the Nervous System), which was
authorized by the Ministry of Health of the Soviet Union to be used as a
textbook throughout the Nation.
Pulodov's research deals with actual cases of clinical neurology, as
well as with the pathology of a series of diseases of the nervous system
which are named after him. They include the Pulodov Syndrome and
Pulodov Facial Nerve Dysfunction. Pulodov's contribution to the devel-
opment of the science of neurology in the republic is immense. Due to
his efforts, many regions were equipped with the means to address dis-
eases related to neurology and pathology.
Pulodov received the Red Banner of Labor, the Order of the Patriotic
War, and other medals.
Pulodov, A'zam
Tajik surgeon A'zam Tohirovich Pulodov was born in Samarqand on
June 15, 1928. He joined the CPSU in 1953.
Pulodov graduated from the Moscow First Medical Institute in 1949.
From 1951 to 1954, he was an intern at the Tajikistan State Medical In-
stitute, and from 1954 to 56, he was an assistant. Between 1956 and
1964, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Hospital Sur-

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gery. In 1964, he became the Director of the Department of Surgery for

Children. He became a Doctor of Medicine in 1963, and a professor in
1966. In 1974, he was recognized as a Distinguished Scientist in the
Republic of Tajikistan. He became a Corresponding Member of the
Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan in 1985.
Pulodov's research deals with problems related to surgery both for
curing diseases and for the cosmetical restoration of limbs.
Pulodov received two Badges of Honor.
Pulodov, Mahkam
Tajik author Mahkam Pulodov, also referred to as Mahkam Pulod,
was born into a family of workers in Leninabad on May 29, 1940.
Pulodov graduated from the Dushanbe State Pedagogical Institute in
1963. For a while, he worked as a teacher in the high schools, and later,
in the Pedagogical Institute of Leninabad. In 1976, he became the
Director of Muhiddin Aminzoda's House, Monument, and Museum in
Leninabad.
Pulodov's first creative work was entitled "Voqi'ai Imruza" ("To-
day's Event"). His other contributions, satirical in the main, include
"Mivai Umr" ("The Fruit of Life," 1982), "Mardu Lafz" ("Man and
Word," 1984), "Dar Sohili Sir" ("On the Bank of the Syr River," 1986),
and others.
Pulodov joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1984.