P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Mirzoev, Karomatullo

Tajik author Karomatullo Mirzoev was born into a worker's family

in the village of Nilkan of Lenin on January 21, 1941. He joined the

CPSU in 1979.

Mirzoev graduated from the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute in 1963.

Thereafter, he taught at the area high schools for a year. He then worked

for Pioniri Tojikiston, Komsomoli Tojikiston, and Tojikistoni Shavravi.

Between 1984 and 1987, he was the director of the literature department

of Ma'orif Publications. In 1987, he became the Chief Editor of Adib

publishers.

Mirzoev's first story was published in 1968. His prose works include

"Sitorai Umid" ("The Star of Hope," 1978), Ma'oshi Avval (First

Salary, 1982), Shabi dar Kabudjar (A Night in Kabudjar, 1984), Dardi

'Ishq (The Pain of Love, 1986), Surudi Mahabbat (Anthem of Love,

1988), and Dar Orzui Pidar (Wishing for a Father, 1990).

Mirzoev's works deal with the structure of socialism in Tajikistan,

the youth culture, and the individual's role in society. His most famous

work is entitled Dardi 'Ishq (The Pain of Love).

Mirzoev joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1982. In

1993, he won the Rudaki State Prize for Literature.

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Mirzoev, Rustam

Tajik economist Rustam Qurbonovich Mirzoev was born in

Dushanbe on January 28, 1942.

Mirzoev graduated from the Moscow Institute of Agriculture in

1969, and received his doctorate in economics in 1984. From 1969 to

1972, he taught industrial economics at Tajikistan State University.

From 1972 to 1975, he was the Head of the Committee on Prices at the

Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic. Between 1975 and 1977, he was a

Junior, then Senior Scientific Worker at the Academy of Sciences of

Tajikistan. In 1977, he became the Instructions Director of the

Production Division of the same institution.

Mirzoev's research deals with discovering generative methods for

the production of industrial goods, methods for increasing public

utilities, and ways for putting reservoirs of labor to work. Mirzoev's

contributions include Nauchno-tekhnicheskii progress i povishenie

effektivnosti proizvodstva (Scientific-Technical Progress and the Rise in

Production Benefits, Dushanbe, 1982).