P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Berdieva, Turdikhon
Tajik Orientalist and linguist Turdikhon Ishonovna Berdieva was
born into a family of workers in Konibodom on June 7, 1942. She
joined the CPSU in 1971.
Berdieva graduated from the Tajikistan State University in 1963. In
1967, she began teaching at the Department of Arabic of the Faculty of
Oriental Languages of Tajikistan State University. She received her
doctorate degree in philology in 1983 and became a professor in 1986.
Berdieva's research deals with Arabic vocabulary and structural ele-
ments that have found their way into the Tajiki language. She is also in-
terested in sociolinguistics and issues of preventing foreign words from
entering the Tajiki language. Berdieva's contributions include Leksika i
grammaticheskie elementi arabskogo iazika v tadzhikskom (Arabic
Words and Grammatical Compositions in Tajiki, Dushanbe, 1968).
Berdieva was recognized as a Distinguished Contributor to Tajik
education in 1984.
Boboev
See Soleh, Muhammadzamon.
Boboev, Adham
Tajik physicist Adham Safarovich Boboev was born in the village of
Zimtud of Panjakent on June 11, 1935. He joined the CPSU in 1971.

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Boboev graduated from the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute, with a

degree in Physics in 1957. From 1958 to 1960, he studied at the Ad-
vanced Political and Military School of the Cabinet of Ministers of the
Soviet Union. From 1961 to 1964, he was a post-graduate student at the
Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan. Between
1966 and 1968, he was the Head of the Department of Physics of the In-
stitute of Agriculture of Tajikistan. He received his doctorate degree in
physics and mathematics in 1981 and became a professor in 1983.
Boboev's research deals with light absorption and light distribution
of phosphoric crystals, principles of the creation of very thin surfaces
(40-50 Å); and the electro-physical properties of such surfaces. He has
patented more than ten inventions, five of which have been tested and
employed.
Boboev's contributions include Vujud Nadoshtani Quvvai Joziba
(Lack of the Existence of Gravity, Dushanbe, 1983); Oidi Yagonagii
Kehjahon va Mihjahon (On the Unity of the Large and Small Universes,
Dushanbe, 1991); Oidi Massai Orom va Zarioi Oddi (On Silent Mass
and Normal Charge, Dushanbe, 1994); Nazari Jadid ba Amvoji Elek-
tromagnetiki (A New Theory in Electromagnetic Waves, Dushanbe,
1998)); and Dili Uryon (Naked Heart, Dushanbe, 2001).
Boboev joined the Union of Journalists of the Soviet Union in 1965,
and the Scientific Association of Soviet Physicists dealing with liquid
crystals in 1979.
Boboev is retired, no retirement date is available.