P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Nazarov, Haqnazar

Tajik historian Haqnazar Nazarov was born to a family of workers in

the village of Sangvor of Tavildara on April 20, 1931. He joined the

CPSU in 1957.

Nazarov graduated from Tajikistan State University with a degree in

history in 1953. In 1953 and 1954, he was a teacher at the Kulab

Pedagogical Institute. From 1955 to 1958, he was a post-graduate

student at Tajikistan State University. Between 1958 and 1963, he was a

Senior Scientific Worker at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the

Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. He was an Assistant Professor in

the Department of Modern History at Tajikistan State University from

1963 to 1981. He received his doctorate in history in 1979. In 1981, he

became the Director of Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sciences of

Tajikistan. Since 1993 he has been serving the Academy of Sciences of

Tajikistan as the leading researcher in the Institute of Oriental Studies

and Written Heritage.

Nazarov's research deals with the history of the peoples of Tajikistan

and Afghanistan and their interactions over the centuries, especially at

the end of the 19

th

 and beginning of the 20

th

 centuries. He is particularly

interested in the people's quest for freedom, and the resulting

establishment of liberal institutions. His contributions include Ravobiti

Bukhoro va Afghoniston az Barpo Shudani Davlati Duroniho to

Ghaltidani Amorati Bukhoro (The Relations Between Bukhara and

Afghanistan from the Establishment of the Durrani Dynasty to the Fall

of Bukhara, 1963); K kharakteristike narodnikh dvizhenii kontsa XIX v.

v Afganistane (A Description of the People's Movements in Afghanistan

During the Latter Part of the 19

th

 Century, 1968); Iz istorii dvizhenii

narodnikh mass Afganistana v nachale XX v. (Concerning the History

of the People's Movements in Afghanistan at the Beginning of the 20

th

Century, 1969); Narodnie i prosvetitel'sko-antifeodal'nie dvizhenia v

Afganistane konets XIX-nach. XX vekov (Peoples Movements and Anti-

Feudalism in Afghanistan [End of 19

th

 and Beginning of 20

th

 Centuries],

1976).

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Nazarov was recognized as Distinguished Contributor to Science in

Tajikistan and a Distinguished Contributor to Education in the Soviet

Union. He also received the Red Banner of Labor.

Nazarov has traveled to Afghanistan, Iran, and the republics of the

former Soviet Union.