P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Erkaev, Mullo
See Irkaev, Mullo.
Eshanqulov, Ubaydullo
Tajik agriculturalist Ubaydullo Eshanqulov was born in the village
of Ghazantarak in Ghonchi on March 6, 1931. He is one of the founders
of citrus cultivation in Central Asia. He joined the CPSU in 1963.
Eshanqulov graduated from the Tajik Institute of Agriculture in
1957. He was a Scientific Worker from 1957 to 1962, and then became
the Director of the Experimental Division of Vakhsh in 1962. He was a
candidate for the doctorate degree in agriculture in 1967. He remained
in that position until 1978. Between 1978 and 1987, he was the Director
of the Institute of Research on Orchards and Vineyards.
Eshanqulov's research deals with aspects of the development of vari-
ous citrus plants. Under his supervision, lemons and oranges were culti-

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vated in the marshes of southern Tajikistan. Thereafter, this method of

cultivation of citrus became common throughout Central Asia. His con-
tributions include Mevahoi Tsitrusi dar Tojikiton (Citrus Fruits in Taji-
kistan, Dushanbe, 1965); Mevahoi Garmidusti Tojikiston (Warm-Loving
Fruits of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 1973); Tavsiyaho Oid ba Parvarishi
Ziroathoi Tsitrusi dar RSS Tojikiston (Recommendations Regarding the
Cultivation of Citrus Plants in the SSR of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 1980);
Transheinaya kul'tura limona (The Trench Agriculture Applied to
Lemon Culture, Dushanbe, 1982); and Kul'tura tsitrusovikh v Tadzhiki-
stane (The Citrus Culture in Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 1982).
Eshanqulov received the Ibn Sina State Prize in 1974, as well as two
Orders of he Red Banner of Labor, the Badge of Honor, and the Order
of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.
He retired in 1987.

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