P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Pulodov, A'zam

Tajik surgeon A'zam Tohirovich Pulodov was born in Samarqand on

June 15, 1928. He joined the CPSU in 1953.

Pulodov graduated from the Moscow First Medical Institute in 1949.

From 1951 to 1954, he was an intern at the Tajikistan State Medical In-

stitute, and from 1954 to 56, he was an assistant. Between 1956 and

1964, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Hospital Sur-

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gery. In 1964, he became the Director of the Department of Surgery for

Children. He became a Doctor of Medicine in 1963, and a professor in

1966. In 1974, he was recognized as a Distinguished Scientist in the

Republic of Tajikistan. He became a Corresponding Member of the

Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan in 1985.

Pulodov's research deals with problems related to surgery both for

curing diseases and for the cosmetical restoration of limbs.

Pulodov received two Badges of Honor.

Pulodov, Mahkam

Tajik author Mahkam Pulodov, also referred to as Mahkam Pulod,

was born into a family of workers in Leninabad on May 29, 1940.

Pulodov graduated from the Dushanbe State Pedagogical Institute in

1963. For a while, he worked as a teacher in the high schools, and later,

in the Pedagogical Institute of Leninabad. In 1976, he became the

Director of Muhiddin Aminzoda's House, Monument, and Museum in

Leninabad.

Pulodov's first creative work was entitled "Voqi'ai Imruza" ("To-

day's Event"). His other contributions, satirical in the main, include

"Mivai Umr" ("The Fruit of Life," 1982), "Mardu Lafz" ("Man and

Word," 1984), "Dar Sohili Sir" ("On the Bank of the Syr River," 1986),

and others.

Pulodov joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1984.