P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Pulodov, Uktamjon

Tajik archaeologist, culture specialist, journalist, and translator

Uktamjon Pulodov was born on August 20, 1936, in Khujand, into a

family of scholars. Pulodov received his early education in Khujand.

Pulodov graduated from the Khujand Pedagogical Institute in 1959.

From 1961 to 1962, he taught as a Lecturer in the Department of the

History of the Soviet Union. Between 1962 and 1965, he was a post-

graduate student at the History, Archaeology, and Ethnography Re-

search Center of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, specializing in

archaeology and Central Asian history. Between 1965 and 1969, he was

a Junior Scientific Worker. In 1968, he submitted his thesis in Archae-

ology to the same institute. From 1969 to 1976, he was the Chief Editor

of History for The Soviet Tajik Encyclopedia. Between 1985 and 1995,

he was an Assistant Professor on the faculty of History at the Tajikistan

State University. Since 1996, he has been a Professor in the Department

of History of the Tajik Peoples and Archaeology and Ethnography of

the Tajiks at the Khujand State University.

Pulodov has participated in a number of archeological expeditions to

northern Tajikistan (1956-1984), Afghanistan (1974-1971), and Pan-

jakent (1986-1991). His contributions include "Urtakurghon va Tirmi-

zakteppa" ("Urtakurghon and Tirmizakteppa," 1973); "Chilhujra"

("Chilhujra," 1975); "Kamoliddin Bihzod" ("Kamoliddin Bihzod,"

1978); "San'ati Mi'morii Khalqi Tojik" ("The Art of Tajiks' Architec-

ture," 1978); and "Madaniyati Moddii Khalqi Tojik dar Asri XI to Ibti-

doi Asri XIII" ("The Material Culture of the Tajiks from the 11th to the

Beginning of the 13th Centuries," 1998); and others.

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He has traveled to Afghanistan, Bulgaria, China, America, Russia,

and some of the republics of the former Soviet Union.