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Osimi

See Osimov, Muhammad.

Osimov, Muhammad

Tajik philosopher Muhammad Saifiddinovich Osimov, also referred

to as Osimi, was born on September 1, 1920, in Khujand. He joined the

CPSU in 1945.

Osimov studied at the Leninabad Worker's College in 1937, and in

1941 graduated from the Samarqand State Institute of Physics and

Mathematics. From 1941 to 1946, he served at the War front. From

1946 to 1952, he was a head teacher and Director of the Department of

Physics of the Leninabad State Pedagogical Institute. Between 1952 and

1955, he was a post-graduate student of sociology at the Academy of

Social Sciences of the Soviet Union. From 1956 to 1962, he was the

Associate Minister of Education. From 1962 to 1965, he was the Sec-

retary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan and Acting Director of the

Cabinet of Ministers of Tajikistan. In 1965, he became the President of

the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. He received his doctorate in

philosophy in 1971 and in the same year, became a professor. In 1974,

he became a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of

Tajikistan.

Osimov's research deals with natural philosophy, the history of

Marxism-Leninism, and history of science and literature. He has studied

several problems of contemporary physics regarding the development of

matter. In his philosophical discussions, he has dealt with the develop-

ment of the thought patterns of the peoples of the east, and has come to

interesting conclusions. He has also studied some of the problems re-

lated to science and society, science and production, the status of certain

major scientific and literary figures of Tajikistan, and methodology for

defense against anti-Communism. His contributions include Asari

Barjastai Filosofioi Marksisti (Distinguished Work on Marxism, 1960),

Nakhustin Dorulfununi Mo (Our First University, 1961), Materia va

Tasviri Fizikii Olam (Matter and the Physical Visualization of the Uni-

verse, 1966), Paidoish va Tashakkuli Tafakkuri Falsafi (Appearance

and Formation of Philosophical Thinking, 1976), Issledovanie

etnicheskoi istorii drevnei Tsentral'noi Azii v sovetskoi nauke (Soviet

Science and Research on the Ethnic History of Central Asia, 1977), and

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