P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Shukuhi
See Hojiboev, Aminjon.

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Shukurov, Maqsud

Tajik historian Maqsud Rahmalulloevich Shukurov was born into a
farming family in Zahmatabad of Aini on May 1, 1920. He joined the
CPSU in 1946.
Shukurov graduated from the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute in
1946. Beginning in 1950, he was a teacher at the Tajikistan State Uni-
versity. In 1966, he became the Director of the Department of History
of Soviet Union. He received his doctorate degree in history in 1967,
and became a professor in 1969.
Shukurov's research deals with the problems of the history of educa-
tion and culture in Tajikistan, the victory of People's Revolution in
Tajikistan, and the struggle for eradicating illiteracy in the Republic. It
also deals with the establishment of Soviet schools, civil institutions,
and establishment of socialist ways.
Shukurov's contributions include Revolutsiai Madani dar Tojikiston
(Urban Revolution in Tajikistan, Stalinabad, 1957); Ocherki Ta'rikhi
Tashakkuli Madaniyati Sotsiolistii Tojik (Study in the History of the
Formation of Socialist Civilization of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 1969); and
Kul'turnaia zhizn' Tadzhistana v period razvitogo sotsializma (Life and
Culture in Tajikistan During the Period of Progressive Socialism,
Dushanbe, 1981).
Shukurov became a Distinguished Scientific Contributor to Tajiki-
stan in 1980. He is the recipient of the Red Banner of Courage, the
Order of the Patriotic war, and the Honorary Order of the Presidium of
the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.
Shukurov, Muhammadjon
Tajik research scholar and literary critic Muhammadjon Sharifovich
Shukurov, also referred to as Shakuri, was born in Bukhara on October
30, 1926, into the family of Sharifjon Makhdum Sadri Ziyo. He re-
ceived his early education in the Soviet-Tajik schools of Bukhara and
Dushanbe. He joined the CPSU in 1957.
Shukurov entered the Department of Tajiki Language and Literature
of the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute in 1941, and graduated in 1945.
From 1948 to 1951, he was a post-graduate student at the Dushanbe
Pedagogical Institute, working with Professor Kholiq Mirzozoda. His
thesis, entitled Ijzi va Khalloqiati U (Ijzi and His Creative Genius),
however, was rejected on the grounds that Ijzi was identified as a bour-

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