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Pulodova, Mahkam
Tajik obstetrician-gynecologist Mahkam Tohirovna Pulodova was
born into a family of workers in Samarqand on February 25, 1928. She
received her early education in the Russian schools of the region. She
joined the CPSU in 1952.
Pulodova graduated from Tajikistan State Medical Institute in 1949.
From 1950 to 1953, she was a graduate student, and from 1954 to 1957,
an employee of Tajikistan State Medical Institute. Then, between 1958
and 1962, she was Acting Minister of Health and Well-Being. From
1962 to 1965, she was an Assistant Professor and Senior Scientific
Worker. She became a Doctor of Medicine in 1967, and a professor in
1968. From 1968 to 1970, she was Prorector of Scientific Affairs. In
1971, she was the Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecol-
ogy of the Tajikistan State Medical Institute until she retired.
Pulodova's research deals with the effects of high altitude on preg-
nant women, and with the physiology of girls reaching the age of pu-
berty. Her contributions include Beremennost' i sviortivaiushchaya sis-
tema krovi v usloviyakh sukhikh subtropikov Tadzhikistana (Pregnancy
and the Principles for Blood Coagulation in Tajikistan's Dry, Subtropic
Conditions, Dushanbe, 1970) and Gumoral’nie aspekti immu-
nologicheskogo protsesa v rannem ontogeneze (The Humoral Aspects
of the Immunological Process in the Early Ontogenesis, Dushanbe,
1979).
Pulodova was recognized as a Distinguished Scientist of the Repub-
lic in 1978. Pulodova also received the Red Banner of Labor and sev-
eral medals. Pulodova has traveled to India, Italy, and Iran.
Pulodova, Sharafbonu
Tajik philologist and Orientalist-Indianist Sharafbonu Pulodova was
born on January 2, 1933, in Khujand into a family of scholars. She re-
ceived her early education in Tajiki schools.
Pulodova graduated from the Khujand Pedagogical School in 1955
with a degree in Philology. Then she began teaching in the Department
of Languages and Literatures of the same institute, first as a Lecturer
(1955-56), and later, as a teacher (1956-58). Between 1958 and 1962,

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