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Qosimov, Farrukh
Tajik actor Farrukh Muhammadjon Qosimov was born on Septem-
ber 17, 1948, in Dushanbe and received his early education in the
schools of the capital city.
Qosimov graduated from the Tursunzoda Faculty of Fine Arts with a
degree in drama and acting in 1973. Between 1969 and 1988, he was an
actor at the Lahuti State Academy of Dramatic Arts. From 1988 to
1990, he was the artistic leader of the Dushanbe Independent Group at
the Theater for the Youth. From 1990 to the present, Qosimov is the
Artistic Leader of the Experimental Ahorun Theater.
Qosimov's forté is experimental theatrical production. Over the past
three decades, he has produced a series of innovative productions staged
either in Dushanbe, especially at the Lahuti State Academy of Dramatic
Arts, or in Qurghoteppe.
Qosimov's contributions include 'Ishqi Man Elektra (My Love
Electra, 1976); Tudai Riogaron (The Deceitful Bunch, 1980), by Bul-
ganev; Ra'no (Ra'no, 1984) by Islomov; Tartiouf (Tartuffe, 1988), by
Moliere; Khonasuzon (House Burner, 1988), by M. Fish; Yusifi Gum-
gashta Boz Oyad ba Kan'on (Lost Joseph Will Return to Kan'an, 1990);
Isfandiar (Isfandiar, 1993); Shaikh San'on (Shaykh San'an, 1995); Shoh
Faridun (King Faridun, 1998); Shoh Ismoil Somoni (King Isma'il
Samani, 1998); and Chunin Guft Ahuro Mazdo ba Zardusht (Thus
Spake Ahura Mada to Zoroaster, 2001); and Shah Lir (King Lear,
2002).
Qosimov is the recipient of the 1990 Grand Prix Award in Central
Asia, the Fajr and Chekhov Prizes, and the Badge of Honor.
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Tajik botanist Jamol Qosimovich Qosimov was born in the village of

Mullomirrajab of Khujand in 1919. Qosimov contributed to the war ef-
fort from 1941 to 1945. He joined the CPSU in 1946.
Qosimov graduated from the Tajik Institute of Agriculture in 1946.
Between 1951 and 1960, he taught at the Department of Botany and
was the Dean of the Faculty of Agronomy at the institute. He became a
professor in 1967. From 1960 to 1973, he was the Prorector of Scien-
tific Research. In 1973, he became the Director of the Department of
Botany of the Tajikistan Institute of Agriculture.
Qosimov's research deals with the problems of cotton and rice culti-
vation. His contributions include Ziro'athoi Tojikiston (Aspects of
Farming in Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 1975) and Agrotekhnika vozdelivania
risa v Tadzhikistane (Agricultural Technique for Rice Development in
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 1968).
Qosimov was recognized as a Distinguished Major Contributor to
Education in Tajikistan in 1967, and as a Distinguished Agronomist in
1970. He was decorated with the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Patri-
otic War 2
nd
Class, and the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the
Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.