P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Bobojonov, Ne'matjon

Tajik lawyer Ne'matjon Bobojonov was born into a family of farm-

ers in the village of Unji of Khujand on July 7, 1939.

Bobojonov graduated from Tajikistan State University in 1962.

From 1961 to 1963, he was a senior consultant at the Justice Division of

the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Tajikistan. In 1963 and 1964, he

was the Senior Consultant at the Justice Division of the Presidium of the

Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Tajikistan. From 1964 to 1966, he

was a post-graduate student at the Department of State Law and Soviet

Structures of the Tajikistan State University. In 1967 and 1968, he was

a Senior Instructor at the same institution. From 1972 to 1978, he served

as an Assistant Professor, Acting Dean, and Head of the Department of

Law of the Institute of Agriculture. He received his doctorate degree in

1986 and became a professor in 1987.

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Iraj Bashiri

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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Bobojonov's research deals with the problems of national govern-

ment, friendly relations with the other republics in the Soviet Union,

and the place of each republic within the larger Soviet system. Bobo-

jonov's contributions include Rastsivet Tadzhikskoi SSR v Soyuze SSR

(The Blossoming of Tajikistan During the Soviet Era, Dushanbe, 1974);

Dar Oilai Barodaronai Khalqhoi SSSR ( In the Brotherly Family of the

Peoples of the Soviet Union, Dushanbe, 1982); Sotsializmi Mutaraqqi

va Yagonagii Internatsionalii Respublikahoi Soveti (Progressive So-

cialism and the International Union of the Soviet Republics, Dushanbe,

1985); and Obrazovanie GVAO--torzhestvo leninskoi natsional'noi

politiki (The Establishment of GVAO--Lenin's National-Political Vic-

tory, Dushanbe, 1985).