P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Boimatov, Kamoliddin

Tajik mathematician Kamoliddin Hamroevich Boimatov was born in

the village of Dombra in Vose' on June 24, 1950. He joined the CPSU

in 1981.

Boimatov graduated from the Department of Mechanics and Mathe-

matics of Moscow State University in 1971. Thereafter, he worked for a

while at the Mathematics Division of the Institute of Mathematics of the

Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. From 1971 to 1974, he was a post-

graduate student at Moscow University. In 1974, he worked at both the

Institute of Mathematics and the Accounting Division of the Academy

of Sciences of Tajikistan. From 1981 to 1986, he was the Acting

Director of the Academy; thereafter, he was the Division Director. He

received his doctorate degree in mathematics in 1982.

Boimatov's research deals with functions resolution and differential

equations. He prepared the principles for the new operational specter

theories with very important results.

Boimatov received the Lenin Komsomol Prize in 1976.

Boqi, Mirzoamon

Tajik poet and journalist Mirzoamon Boqi was born in the village of

Irazbolo of Maschoh in the Zarafshan province in 1945.

He graduated from Tajikistan State University in 1971 and worked

until 1973 in the literary department of Sado va Simoi Tojikiston. In

1974, he was employed by the Omuzgor weekly journal. His work is

heavily influenced by Iranian intellectuals. The themes of his stories in-

clude the fate of humanity, the secrets of the universe, and philosophies

dealing with the issues of life and death. His contributions include

Hamosai Modar va Kudak (Epic of Mother and Child, 1980) and

Tarjimai Andarzhoi Tolstoi (Translation of Tolstoy's Advice, 1990).

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