P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Karamshoev, Dodkhudo

Tajik linguist Dodkhudo Karamshoev was born into a farming fam-

ily of the village of Vanj in Rushon, Badakhshan, on May 5, 1932. He

joined the CPSU in 1957.

Karamshoev graduated from the Dushanbe State Pedagogical Insti-

tute in 1956. In 1959, he joined the Rudaki Language and Literature In-

stitute of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. In 1967, he was ap-

pointed Director of Pamir Studies of the same institute. He received his

doctorate degree in philology in 1980 and became a professor in 1987.

Karamshoev research deals with the languages and dialects of the

peoples of the Pamir region, as well as with the folk literature of Pamir,

an aspect of the region that is of great importance but to which little at-

tention is paid. Karamshoev's contributions include Olimoni Soveti dar

Borai Pomir (Soviet Scholars' Views on the Pamirs, 1975), Badzhuvskii

dialekt shugnanskogo iazika (The Baljuan Dialect of the Shughnani

language, Dushanbe, 1963), and Shugnansko-russkii slovar' (A Shugh-

nani -Russian Dictionary, 1988).

Karamshoev is the recipient of the Red Banner of Courage and the

100

th

 Anniversary of the Birth of Lenin awards.