P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Sarvar

See Amirjonov, Sarvarjon.

Sattor Tursun

See Tursunov, Sattor.

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Sattorov, Malik

Tajik technologist Malik Abdusattorovich Sattorov was born in the

village of Mughaliston of Ghizhduvon on March 8, 1938. He received

his early education in Ghizhduvon.

Sattorov graduated from the Samarqand State University in 1961

and, then worked for a while in the Physics and Mathematics Division

of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. Between 1963 and 1966, he

was a post-graduate student at the Institute of Hydromechanics of the

Siberian Division of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. In

1967, he defended his dissertation on Underground Hydromechanics.

From 1967 to 1980, he was a Senior Scientific Worker at the Institute of

Physics and Technology, and later, at the Institute of Mathematics of

the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. He received his doctorate in

technology in 1980. Also, in 1980, he became the Head of the Labora-

tory of Mathematics and Filtration of Liquids in Dry Environment.

Sattorov's research deals with the establishment of the rules of filtra-

tion for liquids, especially the evaporation and filtration of water in

subterranean areas and in dry conditions.