P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Mansurova, Muborak

Tajik biologist Muborak Umarovna Mansurova was born on Sep-

tember 11, 1920, in Bukhara..

Mansurova graduated from the Central Asian Institute in Tashkent in

1942 with a degree in biology. For a while, after graduation, she worked

at a silkworm farm in Bukhara. In 1946, she became the Director of

Silkworm Production and, later, Instructor of Anatomy and Zoology at

the Institute of Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan. In 1969, she

became the Director of the Department of Anatomy and Histology of

the same institute. She received her doctorate in biology in 1973, and

became a professor in 1974

Mansurova's research deals with the morphology of domesticated

animals. Her dissertation, which she defended in 1973, is entitled

Taghiroti Khususiyyathoi Anatomiu Histology va Khimiyovii Gusfan-

doni Hisori Vobasta ba Sinnu Sol (Changes in the Specifics of the Anat-

omy, Histology, Chemistry, and Physiology of the Skeletal Frame of

Hisari Sheep with Respect to Aging). In 1974, she started a study of the

Pamiri bison. Mansurov's other contributions include Khimicheskii

sostav kostnoi tkani razlichnikh porod i klassov ovets razvodimikh v

Tadzhikistane (The Chemical Bone Structure of the Various Types of

Sheep Raised in Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 1960).

Mansurova received the Badge of Honor, as well as other medals.