P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Karimov, Khurshed

Tajik physiologist and biochemist Khurshed Karimov was born into

a worker 's family in Samarqand on December 10, 1935. He joined the

CPSU in 1966.

Karimov graduated from Moscow State University in 1958. In 1961,

he became a Scientific Worker, working at the physiological and bio-

logical laboratories of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. There-

after, he served in various positions at the same institute. He received

his doctorate degree in biology in 1974.

Karimov's main area of emphasis is plant growth in high altitude

conditions. He is the author of a number of works dealing with the biol-

ogy of plants. His contributions include O zimnei vegetatsii i letnem

pokoe rastenii Tadzhikistana (About the Winter Growth and Summer

Dormancy of Tajik Plants, Dushanbe, 1964).

Karimov received the Red Banner of Courage, the 100

th

 Anniversary

of the Birth of Lenin Prize, and the Honorary Order of the Presidium of

the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.