P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Niyozmuhammadov, Bobojon

Tajik linguist Bobojon Niyozovich Niyozmuhammadov was born

into a family of shoemakers in the village of Firuzabad in Konibodom

on May 5, 1906. He joined the CPSU in 1931.

Niyozmuhammadov graduated from the Tashkent Pedagogical

Institute in 1929. From then until 1932, he taught school in Konibodom.

In 1938, he completed his post-graduate work, and until 1941, served as

the Head of the History and Linguistics Department (Tajikistan

Division) of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. He received

his doctorate degree in philology in 1948, became a professor in 1952,

and a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of Tajik in

1951. From 1941 to 1944, he was the Director of the Institute of History

and Linguistics of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.

Between 1958 and 1976, he was the Director of the Rudaki Institute of

Languages and Literature of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. He

retired in 1976.

Niyozmuhammadov's contributions include Shivai Tojikoni Shahrtuz

(The Dialect of the Tajiks of Shahrtuz, 1960), Shivai Tojikoni

Konibodom (The Dialect of the Tajiks of Konibodom, 1961), and

Sintaksisi Jumlahoi Soda dar Zaboni Adabii Tojik (The Syntax of the

Simple Sentence in Tajiki, 1960). In addition, Niyozmuhammadov has

studied the syntactic variations in the works of major Tajik authors like

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Iraj Bashiri

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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Nosiri Khosrow, Ahmad Donish, Sadriddin Aini, A. Dehoti, M.

Tursunzoda, and others.

Niyozmuhammadov joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union

in 1980 and became a People's Distinguished Scientist of Tajikistan in

1964. He received three Badges of Honor.

Niyozmuhammadov died in Dushanbe on October 25, 1979.

Niyozova, Sofia

Tajik physician Sofia Niyozova was born into a family of workers in

Samarqand on December 24, 1919. She joined the CPSU in 1948.

Niyozova graduated from the Samarqand Institute of Medicine in

1941. In 1942, she became the Health Inspector for Tajikistan. During

the War, she served as a doctor until 1946, when she returned to

Tajikistan. From 1953 to 1976, she was a Lecturer at the Department of

Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Tajikistan State Medical Institute. She

became a Doctor of Medicine in 1956, an Associate Professor in 1961.

In 1976, she went into retirement.

Niyozova was recognized as a Distinguished Tajik physician in

1956. She was also a distinguished Tajik teacher in 1969 and a

distinguished doctor at the Union level in 1970. She received the Red

Banner of Labor, and the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the

Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.