P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Kimiagarov, Bension

Tajik director, actor, and author Bension Arievich Kimiagarov was

born on September 30, 1920, in Samarqand. Kimiagarov's early youth

was spent in an orphanage in Khoqand. He joined the CPSU in 1944.

Kimiagarov graduated from the Moscow State Institute of Cinema-

tography in 1944, and began production of documentary films for Tajik-

Film studios. His major themes cover various aspects of Tajik history

and culture, including Tojikiston  (Tajikistan, with L. Stepanov, 1945),

Dar Kuhhoi Pomir (On the Pamir Mountains, 1946), Sadriddin Aini

(Sadriddin Aini, 1949), Tojikistoni Soveti (Soviet Tajikistan, 1951), and

Chor Surud dar Vasfi Tojikiston (Four Songs about Tajikistan, 1965).

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