P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Qosimov, Jamol

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Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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Tajik botanist Jamol Qosimovich Qosimov was born in the village of

Mullomirrajab of Khujand in 1919. Qosimov contributed to the war ef-

fort from 1941 to 1945. He joined the CPSU in 1946.

Qosimov graduated from the Tajik Institute of Agriculture in 1946.

Between 1951 and 1960, he taught at the Department of Botany and

was the Dean of the Faculty of Agronomy at the institute. He became a

professor in 1967. From 1960 to 1973, he was the Prorector of Scien-

tific Research. In 1973, he became the Director of the Department of

Botany of the Tajikistan Institute of Agriculture.

Qosimov's research deals with the problems of cotton and rice culti-

vation. His contributions include Ziro'athoi Tojikiston (Aspects of

Farming in Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 1975) and Agrotekhnika vozdelivania

risa v Tadzhikistane (Agricultural Technique for Rice Development in

Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 1968).

Qosimov was recognized as a Distinguished Major Contributor to

Education in Tajikistan in 1967, and as a Distinguished Agronomist in

1970. He was decorated with the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Patri-

otic War 2

nd

 Class, and the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the

Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.

Qosimov, Karim

Tajik composer Karim Qosimov was born in Leninabad on April 10,

1938.

Qosimov graduated from the Leninabad Music School in 1962, and

from the Faculty of Language and Literature of the Dushanbe Peda-

gogical Institute. From 1962 to 1972, he acted at the Aini Academy

Theater for Opera and Ballet. Between 1973 and 1975, he was a singer

at the Drama and Music Theater of the district of Nov. Then, from 1975

to 1978, he was a singer for the concert group at the Aini Academy

Theater for Opera and Ballet. In 1978, he joined the Tajikistan Com-

mittee for Radio and Television.

Qosimov became a People's Artist of Tajikistan in 1977. He also re-

ceived the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of

Tajikistan.