P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Hasanov

See Farhat, Muhiddin.

Hasanov, Abdurahim

Tajik geologist Abdurahim Hasanov was born in Dushanbe on Janu-

ary 1, 1933. He joined the CPSU in 1960.

Hasanov graduated from Tajikistan State University in 1954. Be-

tween 1952 and 1961, he was a Senior Laboratory Assistant, and later

Senior Instructor at the Department of Mineralogy and Petrography of

the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Tajikistan State University. In 1963,

he became an Assistant Professor; in 1964, he was a Senior Scientific

Worker; in 1966, he became Head of the Department of Mineralogy and

Petrography. He received his doctorate degree in geology and mineral-

ogy in 1970, and became a professor in 1971. From 1980 until 1985, he

was the Dean of the Faculty of Geology of Tajikistan State University,

and in 1985, he became the Director of the Faculty of Geology of Taji-

kistan State University.

Hasanov's research deals with the problems of mineralogy, geology

and petrography in relation to mines in Central Tajikistan. His contri-

butions include Geologia va Progrese Ilmi-Tekhniki (Geology and Ad-

vances in Science and Technology, Dushanbe, 1981); Ba'zi Fikr u Mu-

lohizaho dar borai Zilzila (Some Thoughts and Considerations Re-

garding Earthquakes, Dushanbe, 1982); Petrologia i rudonosnost' me-

tasomaticheskikh kompleksov Tsentral'nogo Tadzhikistana (Mineralogy

and the Metacosmetic Complex of Mine Ownership in Central Tajiki-

stan, Dushanbe, 1966).

Hasanov is a recipient of the Red Banner of Courage and the 100

th

Anniversary of the Birth of Lenin Prize.

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