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Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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Hoshimov, Abdulra'uf

Tajik philosopher Abdulra'uf Hoshimov was born into a farming

family in the village of Qistakuz in Khujand on May 19, 1933. He

joined the CPSU in 1959.

After he graduated from the Translation Department of Tajikistan

State University, Hoshimov worked in various newspapers and journals

of the Republic. Between 1956 and 1969, he was a Junior Scientific

Worker then became a Senior Scientific Worker at the Philosophy De-

partment of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. From 1965 to 1974,

he was an Assistant Professor, and from 1974 to 1982, he was a Profes-

sor at the Polytechnic Institute of Tajikistan. He received his doctorate

degree in philosophy in 1972. In 1982, he was the Director of the De-

partment of Sociology, Leninabad Branch of Tajik Polytechnic Institute.

Hoshimov's research deals with the establishment of the new rela-

tions, especially at the family level, among the populations of the re-

publics of Central Asia. Hoshimov's contributions include Nav Gholib u

Kuhna Maghlub (The New is Victorious and the Old is Defeated,

Dushanbe, 1972); Formirovanie novikh semeinobitovikh otnoshenii

narodov Srednei Azii (The  Formation of the New Family Relations of

the Peoples of Central Asia, Dushanbe, 1972); and Sushchnost' i nravst-

vennie osnovi sem'i (The  Substance and the Bases of Family Ethics,

Dushanbe, 1976).

Hoshimov was awarded the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the

Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.