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cine; between 1943 and 1946, he was an Intern at the Department of

Anatomy of the same institute. From 1946 to 1949, he carried out post-
graduate work at the Institute of Normal Morphology and Patheology of
the Academy of Medicine of the Soviet Union. He was first an Assistant
Professor then served as Director of the Department of Normal Anat-
omy, and as the Dean of the Tajikistan State Medical Institute between
1950 and 1957. He became a member of the Academy of Sciences of
Tajikistan in 1951, a doctor of medicine in 1967, and a professor in the
same year. He served as Minister of Health and Well-being of the Re-
public from 1957 to 1963.
Rahimov's research deals with comparative anatomy, especially with
the chest cavity of infants, as well as with the morphology of inner or-
gans in high altitude. He has studied the anatomy of 604 infants, known
as the 8 rows. His contributions include Morfologia vnutrennikh or-
ganov v usloviakh visokogor'ia (The Morphology of Internal Organs in
High Altitude Conditions, Dushanbe, 1968), and Ocherki po funktsion-
al'noi anatomii (Studies on Functional Anatomy, Dushanbe, 1982).
Rahimov was recognized as a Distinguished Scientist in 1957, and
was decorated with the Order of Lenin, the Red Banner of Labor, and
the Badge of Honor.
Rahimzoda, Boqi
Tajik poet Boqi Rahimzoda was born on May 15, 1910, into a relig-
ious family in Gharm in southern Tajikistan. Rahimzoda went to
Dushanbe in 1928. After working in a cotton factory for a while, he
moved on to Samarqand.
Rahimzoda graduated from the Samarqand Pedagogical Institute in
1931, then returned to Gharm as a teacher. In 1938, he graduated from
the Tashkent Pedagogical Institute, and in 1941, from the Dushanbe
Pedagogical Institute. In 1948, he became the director of the poetry di-
vision of the Union of Writers of Tajikistan. A friend of Sadriddin Aini,
Abulqosim Lahuti, Bobojon Ghafurov, and Mirzo Tursunzoda,
Rahimzoda excelled in quatrains. Some Tajik song writers have drawn
on his verses for their compositions.
Rahimzoda's major works include the collections Ilhom (Inspira-
tion,1973); Ba Jibha (To the Front, 1945); Kuhistoni Durakhshon
(Shining Highland, 1948); as well as several plays including Rohi Tai
Shuda (The Road Traversed, 1966) and Qissai Kuhsor (The Story of the

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Highlands, 1970). Rahimzoda's collected works were published in two

volumes in Dushanbe in 1981.
Rahimzoda joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1940.
He was the winner of the Rudaki State Prize in 1974. He was decorated
with two Orders of the Red Banner of Labor, two Badges of Honor, and
four other medals.
Rahimzoda died in Dushanbe in 1982.