P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Bobokhonov, Mansur

Tajik historian Mansur Bobokhonov was born into a worker's family

in Konibodom on August 28, 1931. He joined the CPSU in 1955.

From 1948 to 1953, he worked in the Department of History of the

Tajikistan State University. Between 1948 and 1953, he was a post-

graduate student. From 1956 to 1958, he was a Lecturer in the Depart-

ment of Soviet History of the Tajikistan State University, where, from

1958 to 1962, he taught Soviet history. In 1966, Bobokhonov became

the Dean of the Faculty of History of Tajikistan State University. He be-

came a doctor of history in 1974, and a professor in 1977.

Bobokhonov's contributions include Bidorii Siosii Omma dar Arafai

Oktiobr (Public Consciousness on the Eve of the October Revolution,

1966) and Vaz'iyyati Ijtimo'i u Iqtisodii Tojikistoni Shimoli dar Arafai

Oktiobr (The Social and Economical Situation of Northern Tajikistan

on the Eve of the October Revolution, 1970); Poezdi Agitatsionii "Kras-

nii Vostok"--Qosidi Lenin (The Agitation Train "Red East"--The Mes-

senger of Lenin, Dushanbe, 1971); and Zaminahoi Ittifoqi Revoliutsionii

Mehnatkashoni Kishvari Turkiston Bo Proletarioti Rossiya (Back-

ground of the Revolutionary Union of Turkistan's Workers with the

Proletariat of Russia, Dushanbe, 1975).

Boboqulaka

See Faizuloev, Boboqul.