P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Bobokhojaev, Sunnat

Tajik geologist Sunnat Madalievich Bobokhojaev was born on May

25, 1929, in the village in Pulodon of Konibodom. He joined the CPSU

in 1964.

Bobokhojaev graduated from the Tashkent State University of Cen-

tral Asia in 1950. He is a specialist in petrogeology and the geochemis-

try of magma. From 1950 to 1956, he studied the emergence and the

metallurgy of the magma zones of Takob and Yosro. He became a

doctor of geology and mineralogy in 1974. Beginning in 1975, he stud-

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Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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ied the magma and the geochemical value of fossil fuel in the Qaroma-

zor region, looking for gold, silver, and lead.

His contributions include Petrologia i osobennosti geokhimicheskoi

spetsializatsii intruzivnikh kompleksov Vostochnogo Karamazara (Sev-

ernii Tadzhikistan) (Mineralogy and the Geo-Chemical Properties of

the Intrusive Complexes of Eastern Karamazor in Central Tajikistan,

Dushanbe, 1975); and Graniti shaidanskogo tipa (Marble of the Shay-

don Type, Dushanbe, 1976).

Bobokhojaev is a recipient of the Badge of Honor.