P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Yusufi Akbarzoda
See Akbarov, Yusuf.

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Yusufov, Habibullo

Tajik poet Habibullo Yusufov, also referred to as Habib Yusufi, was
born into a scholarly family in Samarqand on February 4, 1916.
Yusufov graduated from the Philology Department of the Uzbekistan
Institute in 1940. His studies concentrated on ancient Greek literature
and 19
th
century Russian literature. In the same year, he came to
Dushanbe and worked as a Scientific Worker in the History, Language
and Literature Institute of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. In
1942, he was called to the front, and in 1943, graduated from the Army
Academy.
Yusufov began writing poetry in 1936. His first collection of poetry,
Taronai Vatan (Song of the Motherland) was published in 1939. A lyri-
cist, Yusufov combines political themes with themes of love; this adds
to the sincerity and effectiveness of his poetry. The homeland and love
for it dominate his poetry.
Yusufov's Majmu'ai Shi'rho (Collected Poems) was published in
Dushanbe in 1962; his 1977 Rohi Notamom (Unfinished Road) ap-
peared in two volumes in 1987. His Slovo o Zhizn (The Song of Life)
was published in Moscow.
Yusufov joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1939.
He received the medal for the Defense of Leningrad (1943), Order of
the Red Star (1944 ), and the Prize Named After N. Ostrovskii (1967).
Yusufov died in Poland on February 22, 1945.
Yusufov, Hakim
Tajik geologist Hakim Mustafoevich Yusufov was born in Bukhara
on
December 17, 1918. He joined the CPSU in 1945.
Yusufov graduated from Samarqand University in 1940. Between
1941 and 1945, he contributed to the war effort. After the war, he
worked at the Union of Geologists of Tajikistan. From 1960 to 1966, he
was a Junior Scientific Worker. In 1967, he became a Senior Scientific
Worker at the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. He received his doc-
torate degree in geology and mineralogy in 1984.
Yusufov's research deals with the structure of geology, the genesis of
collyrium (surma) and mercury (simab) mines in Tajikistan, especially
in the Zarafshan and Hissar regions. His contributions include Osnovnie
zakonomernosti razmeshchenia rtutno-sur'mianogo orudenenia v ze-
ravshano-Gissarskom rudnom poiase (Basic Regulations for the Place-

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