P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Ghulomaliev, Ghulomhaidar
Tajik choreographer, composer, and instrumentalist Ghulomhaidar
Ghulomaliev was born into a farming family in the village of Vamar in
Rushon, Badakhshan, in 1904. He received his early education in
Badakhshan. In 1933, he established the Rushon amateur group. In
1940 and 1941, he performed as a member of the Pamir music and
dance ensemble of the Tajik Philharmonic Society. He joined the CPSU
in 1943. Thereafter, until the end of his life, he was the leader of the
same group. He contributed to Tajik music and dance both as a chore-
ographer and a composer.

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Ghulomaliev's contributions include "Nola Kunam" ("Let Me

Moan"), "Salom az Badakhshon" ("Hello from Badakhshan"), "Pakh-
takoron" ("Cotton Workers"), "Mahbuba" ("Beloved"), "Surudi Mihnat"
("Song of Labor"), Bahori Badakhshon ("Spring in Badakhshan"), and
"Surud dar Vasfi Moskva" ("Anthem in Praise of Moscow").
Ghulomaliev participated in the 1941 and 1957 festivals of Tajik
music and dance in Moscow. One of the founders of professional music
and dance groups in Soviet Badakhshan, Ghulomaliev became a
People's Artist of the Soviet Union in 1957. He is the recipient of the
Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.
Ghulomaliev died in Moscow on April 19, 1961; he is buried in
Dushanbe.
Ghulomov, Minhoj
Tajik psychologist Minhoj Ghulomov was born in Samarqand on
September 3, 1929. He joined the CPSU in 1953.
Ghulomov graduated from the Samarqand Medical Institute in 1952.
He was an intern from 1952 to 1960 at the Moscow Institute of Scien-
tific Research and a post-graduate student in general psychology. Be-
tween 1957 and 1960, he was a Lecturer. In 1960, he became the
Director of the Department of Psychology, and later, the Dean of the
Tajikistan State Medical Institute. He received his doctorate degree in
medicine in 1965, and became a professor in 1966.
Ghulomov's research is in contemporary psychology. He was the
first to discover the relationship between the early stages of Kandiskii
Syndrome and schizophrenia.
Ghulomov became a Distinguished Doctor of Tajikistan in 1964, and
a Distinguished Contributor to Science in Tajikistan in 1974. In addi-
tion, he was awarded the Ibn Sina State Award in 1977. Ghulomov was
also decorated with the Badge of Honor and the Order of the October
Revolution.
Ghulomov was murdered in Dushanbe on May 6, 1996.