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Hakimov, Askar

Tajik poet and literary critic Askar Olimovich Hakimov, also re-

ferred to as Askar Hakim, was born in Khujand on October 10, 1946.

He joined the CPSU in 1977.

Hakimov graduated from Tajikistan State University in 1967 with a

degree in Persian language and literature. For a while, he was an em-

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ployee of the Committee of Sado va Simoi Tojikiston (Voice and

Vision of Tajikistan). Between 1974 and 1978, he was the Associate

Editor of the Sadoi Sharq monthly, and from 1980 to 1984, he was the

Chief Editor of Madaniyati Tojikiston (present-day Adabiyot va San'at).

He defended his doctorate dissertation entitled Nav Ovari Dar Nazm

(Innovation in Poetry) in 1974. He has written many articles on literary

criticism which have been published in Tajikistan's newspapers and

journals. The themes of his works are centered on problems of educa-

tion, traditional mores of the Tajiks, and patriotism. His contributions

include Shi'r va Zindagi (Poetry and Life, 1978), Qalamravi Sukhan

(The Realm of Speech, 1982),  Shi'r va Zamon  (Poetry and Time, 1978),

and Barguzidai Ash'ori Askar Hakim (The Best Poems of Askar Hakim,

1995).

Hakimov joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1976,

became the secretary of the Union in 1978, and the Director of the

Union of Writers of Tajikistan in 1991. He became a People's Poet of

Tajikistan and Distinguished Contributor to Tajik Culture, as well as a

winner of the Rudaki State Prize. He also received the Order of the Red

Banner of Courage.

Hakimov, Foteh

Tajik physicist Foteh Kholiqovich Hakimov was born in Dushanbe

on April 20, 1937. He joined the CPSU in 1970.

In 1963 and 1964, Hakimov was Senior Teacher at the Department

of Theoretical Physics. In 1964 and 1965, he was Dean of the Faculty of

Physics and Mathematics of Tajikistan State University. From 1965 to

1968, he was Head of the Department of Theoretical Physics, and in

1967 to 1969, he worked at the Kabul Polytechnic Institute. He received

his doctorate degree in physics and mathematics in 1980, and became a

professor in 1982, and a Corresponding Member of the Academy of

Sciences of Tajikistan in 1987.

Hakimov's research deals with the plasma theory, especially with re-

gard to the effect of increase in heat in plasma on the distribution func-

tion.

Hakimov has participated in many conferences.

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