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Toshmuhammadov; and Commander Qurbonov in Qissai Zainab Bibi

(Zainab Bibi's Story), by S. Saydmurodov.
Salomov traveled to Moscow in 1970 to study under the famed
Soviet Director, E. Simonov. That same year, he became the Chief Di-
rector of the Leninabad Musical and Dramatic Theater. During the
seven years he was director, he created twenty-four spectacles. He was
an innovative director.
The spectacles he created include, Foji'ahoi Khurd (Little Calami-
ties) and Lulion (Gypsies), by A. S. Pushkin; Ashrofparast (Parasite),
by Moliere; Shahlo (Shahla), by A. Shukuhi and H. Askar; Yodi on
Ruzho (Recalling Those Days), by A. Usmonov; and Bidori (Vigil), by
Rahim Jalil.
Salomov also cooperated with the professional theaters of Koni-
bodom and Nov, and with the People's Theater of Uroteppa. He became
a Distinguished Artist of Tajikistan in 1974.
Samad Ghani
See Ghaniev, Samad.
Samadov, Abulhamid
Tajik author Abulhamid Samadov was born into a farming family in
the village of Shikorgoh in the district of Khavaling, Khatlan, on
August 5, 1947. He joined the CPSU in 1978.
Samadov graduated from Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute with a de-
gree in Tajiki language and literature in 1969. From 1966 until 1977, he
worked for Tojikistoni Soveti and thereafter, until 1988, for Sadoi
Sharq. Between 1987 and 1992, he was the Associate Editor of Adabi-
yot va San'at.
Samadov published his first work, Shokhi Chinor (The Plane Tree
Branch), in 1981. The struggle of good against evil constitutes the
theme of most of his stories including "Ba'd az Sari Padadar" ("After
Father Dies," 1982), "Piolai Shikasta" ("The Broken Cup," 1985), "Par-
ronchakho" ("Little Birds," 1983), "Aspi Bobom" ("My Father's Horse,"
1986), "Kosai Davr" ("The Circulating Cup," 1987), "Orizue Javoni"
("Wishing for Youth," 1986), and "Maidon" ("The Square," 1989).
Salomov joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1982.
He
was
appointed the Secretary
of the Union in 1992.

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