P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Akramov, Narimon

Tajik historian Narimon Mansurovich Akramov was born into a

worker's family on June 1, 1932, in the city of Khujand in northern

Tajikistan. He joined the CPSU in 1967.

Akramov graduated from the Tajikistan State University in 1956

with a degree in history and philology. From 1956 to 1959, he served as

a Professor of Soviet history at the State Pedagogical Institute of

Leninabad. Between 1959 and 1963, he was a post-graduate student at

the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. In

1971, he was appointed Chair of the Department of Soviet History of

the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute. Between 1963 and 1975, he pre-

pared and defended his doctoral dissertation on Sahmi Muhaqqiqoni

Rus dar Omuzishi Ta'rikh, Arkheologia va Etnografiai Khalqhoi Pomir

va Atrofi On (The Contributions of Russian Scholars to the Study of the

History, Archaeology, and Ethnography of the Peoples of Pamir and its

Surrounding Areas). Akramov's studies are devoted to V. V. Bartold,

M. S. Andreev, and A. A. Siminov, among others.

He is the recipient of a number of medals and awards.