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Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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Tasakkul va Takamoli Afkari Falsafi (Formation and Evolution of Phi-

losophic Thought, Dushanbe, 1980). He was the Chief Editor of the

monumental Ensaiklopediai Sovetii Tojik (Soviet Tajik Encyclopedia,

1978-1988).

Osimov was recognized as a Distinguished National Icon, a Distin-

guished Contributor to Tajik Science and Culture, Head of the Paivand

(Connection) Committee, and Vice-President of the Association of

Tajiks from Around the World. He also won the Jawaharlal Nehru Prize

in 1980. He garnered two Orders of Lenin, two Orders of the Red Ban-

ner of Labor, the October Revolution Award, the Order of the Patriotic

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 class, the Order of the Red Star, the Badge of Honor, medals,

and the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of

Tajikistan.

Osimov was murdered on July 29, 1996, in Dushanbe.