P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Hadisa
See Qurbonova, Hadisa.
Haidarov, Ghafur
Tajik historian Ghafur Haidarov was born in Khujand on January 15,
1927. He joined the CPSU in 1947.
Haidarov graduated from the Leninabad Institute of History in 1947.
He was a teacher between 1947 and 1955. In 1956, he became Head of
the Department of History of the Soviet Union of the Leninabad Insti-
tute of History. He received his doctorate degree in history in 1969 and
became a professor in 1970.
Haidarov's research focuses on the problems associated with build-
ing socialism and with the correspondence of Tajik society with Lenin's
national policies. His contributions include Bor'ba za ustanovlenie i up-
rochenie Sovetskoi vlasti v Severnom Tadzhikistane --1917-1923 gg.
(Struggle for the Establishment of Soviet Rule in Northern Tajikistan--
1917-1923, Leningrad, 1967) and Ocherki istorii sotsialisticheskogo
stroitel'stva v Severnom Tadzhikistane (Studies Related to the History of
Socialist Construction in Northern Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 1974).
Haidarov was recognized as a Distinguished Contributor to Tajik
Culture in 1960. He was decorated with the Order of Lenin and was
awarded the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of
Tajikistan.
Haidarov, Karim
Tajik pharmacologist Karim Haidarov was born into a farming fam-
ily in the village of Khojaboikul in Orjonikidzeobod on May 9, 1934.
He joined the CPSU in 1954.

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After graduating from the Tajikistan State Medical Institute in 1959,

Haidarov worked at the Norak Hospital. In 1963, he was a Junior and
later a Senior Scientific Worker. In 1968, he became the Director of
Pharmacology of the Institute of Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences
of Tajikistan. He received his doctorate degree in medicine in 1972, and
became a professor in 1982. He is the Head of the Association of the
Pharmacologists of Tajikistan.
Haidarov's research deals with pharmacology of medicinal plants
and with the chemical synthesis of these plants. His contributions in-
clude Prirodnaia apteka (Natural Medicinal Drugs, Dushanbe, 1970)
and Polimeri v meditsine (Polymers in Medicine, Dushanbe, 1975).