P rominent t ajik f igures of the

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Rahimov, Abdullo

Tajik philosopher Abdullo Rahimov was born into a farming family
in the village of Hait of Gharm on June 1, 1932. He joined the CPSU in
1952.
Rahimov graduated from the Kulab Pedagogical Institute in 1957.
From 1957 to 1959, he was the Director of Middle School #1. From
1959 to 1962, he did post-graduate studies and in 1963, he became a
Senior Scientific Worker in the Philosophy Division of the Academy of
Sciences of Tajikistan. From 1963 to 1972, he was the Prorector of the
Kulab Pedagogical Institute; in 1972 and 1973, he was Assistant Profes-
sor of the Department of Philosophy and Scientific Communism of the
Tajikistan Institute of Agriculture. In 1973, he became Assistant Profes-
sor and Head of the Department of Philosophy and Scientific Commu-
nism of the Ibn Sina Medical Institute where he remained until 1978.
He became a doctor of philosophy in 1979, and a professor in 1980.
Rahimov's research deals with problems arising from the transfor-
mation--physical and spiritual--in Tajik villages during the socialist era.
His contributions include Sotsial'no-ekonomicheskoe preobrazovania v
tadzhikskoi derevne (Economical and Sociological Changes in Rural
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 1968); and Problema cheloveka v filosofii (Man-
kind's Dilemma in Philosophy, Dushanbe, 1970).
Rahimov, Abdusalom
Tajik actor-director Abdusalom Rahimov was born in Leninabad on
January 9, 1917.
Rahimov graduated from the Moscow State Theater of Arts Institute
Named After Lunacharskii in 1941, and from the Tajikistan State Uni-
versity with a degree in history and philology in 1955. He was actor-di-
rector from 1940 to 1951 at the Lahuti Academy of Dramatic Arts.
During this same time, he also performed at the Russian theater Named
After Mayakovskii. Between 1952 and 1956, he was the Chief Editor
for music and literature for the Republic's radio. He was also the artistic
leader of the Tajikistan Philharmonic Society. A versatile actor, skilled
in both dramatic and comedy roles, Rahimov has an impressive reper-
toire. The roles he has created include Lodoviko in Otello (Othello), by
W. Shakespeare, 1941; Odina and Safar in Kaltadoroni Surkh (The Red
Club Wielders), by S. Ulughzoda, 1941; and others.

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