P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Rahimov, Qodir

Tajik plaster carver and fine art painter Qodir Rahimov was born in

Dushanbe in 1956. At an early age, he learned the skill of artistic plaster

carving (ganchkori), an art form of his native land, as well as Iran, Tur-

key, and the Middle East, by watching the old masters at work.

Rahimov graduated from the Tajikistan Art University, as well as

from the Fine Arts University in Leningrad. Later on, he became a

Member of the Union of Artists of the Soviet Union. He has partici-

pated in exhibitions in Moscow, Leningrad, Dresden, Hamburg, Peking,

Tokyo, and Berlin, and has mounted personal exhibitions in Thailand,

Algeria, Peru, France, Bulgaria, and Italy.

Rahimov lived in Boulder, Colorado, from December 1997 to June

1998. He, along with three of his colleagues, were there to build a

genuine Tajik teahouse. He contributed four paintings to the teahouse, a

gift from Tajikistan to Dushanbe's Sister City. He also fabricated and

installed four carved plaster panels around the paintings.

Qodir and his wife Marina have lived in Moscow since 1986.

Rahimov, Rashid

Tajik economist Rashid Karimovich Rahimov was born in Khujand

on May 4, 1932. He joined the CPSU in 1959.

Rahimov graduated from the Leninabad Cooperative Technical

School in 1949 and from the Moscow Institute of Sociology Named

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After Plekhanov in 1953. From 1954 to 1957, he was a post-graduate

student. In 1957 and 1958, he was Assistant to the Acting President of

the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, and then from 1953 to 1963, the

Director of Industrial Division there. For one year (1963-1964), he was

the Director of the Economics Division. In 1964, he became the Direc-

tor of the Institute of Economics of the Academy of Sciences of Tajiki-

stan. He received his doctorate degree in economics in 1969, became a

professor in 1970, and a Corresponding Member of the Academy of

Sciences of Tajikistan in 1973.

Rahimov's research deals with the problems of repeated use of

stocks in basic production, the expansion of the republic's industry and

the improvement in people's social status. His contributions include Os-

novnie proizvodstvennie fondi promishlennosti Tadzhikistana (Basic

Sources for Industrial Production in Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 1962); Prob-

lemi effektivnosti i puti razvitia ekonomiki Tadzhikistana (The Difficul-

ties and Methods for Economic Progress in Tajikistan, Dushanbe,

1976).

Rahimov received the Badge of Honor, medals, and the Honorary

Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.