P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Hadisa

See Qurbonova, Hadisa.

Haidarov, Ghafur

Tajik historian Ghafur Haidarov was born in Khujand on January 15,

1927. He joined the CPSU in 1947.

Haidarov graduated from the Leninabad Institute of History in 1947.

He was a teacher between 1947 and 1955. In 1956, he became Head of

the Department of History of the Soviet Union of the Leninabad Insti-

tute of History. He received his doctorate degree in history in 1969 and

became a professor in 1970.

Haidarov's research focuses on the problems associated with build-

ing socialism and with the correspondence of Tajik society with Lenin's

national policies. His contributions include Bor'ba za ustanovlenie i up-

rochenie Sovetskoi vlasti v Severnom Tadzhikistane --1917-1923 gg.

(Struggle for the Establishment of Soviet Rule in Northern Tajikistan--

1917-1923, Leningrad, 1967) and Ocherki istorii sotsialisticheskogo

stroitel'stva v Severnom Tadzhikistane (Studies Related to the History of

Socialist Construction in Northern Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 1974).

Haidarov was recognized as a Distinguished Contributor to Tajik

Culture in 1960. He was decorated with the Order of Lenin and was

awarded the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of

Tajikistan.

Haidarov, Karim

Tajik pharmacologist Karim Haidarov was born into a farming fam-

ily in the village of Khojaboikul in Orjonikidzeobod on May 9, 1934.

He joined the CPSU in 1954.

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