P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Abdurahmonov, Fozil

Tajik morphologist and physician Fozil Abdurahmonovich

Abdurahmonov was born into a family of workers of Konibodom on

December 5, 1930. He joined the CPSU in 1957.

Abdurahmonov graduated from the Pediatrics Department of the Taji-

kistan State Medical Institute in 1952. From 1955 to 1962, he was the

Director of Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute of Medicine No. 1. He re-

ceived his doctorate degree in medicine in 1969. In the same year he

also became a professor, the Director of the Department of Normal

Anatomy, and the Dean of the Faculty of Pediatrics.

Abdurahmonov has written a number of scientific studies including a

monograph on Raghoi Khunguzari Sifoq (The Blood Circulating Veins

of the Peritoneum, 1974).

Abdurahmonov was decorated with the Order of the Red Banner and

several other medals.