P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Adash Istad

See Istadov, Adash.

Adhamov, Akobir

Tajik physicist and mathematician Akobir Adhamovich Adhamov

was born in Samarqand on September 4, 1928. He joined the CPSU in

1959.

Adhamov graduated from the State University of Uzbekistan in 1949

and was a post-graduate student at the Moscow State Institute from

1950 to 1953. In 1957, he became a Corresponding Member of the

Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. From 1954 to 1965, he was a Senior

Instructor at the Tajikistan State University, Director of the Department

of General Physics, and the Dean of the Faculty of Physics and

Mathematics. He received his doctorate degree in physics and

mathematics in 1964, and became a professor in 1966. In 1968, he be-

came an Academician at the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan.

Under Adhamov's supervision, a number of ultrasonic and other

electricity-related laboratories were established at the Institute of

Physics. Adhamov's research made inroads into molecular, acoustic,

and theoretic views regarding wave expansion in liquids.

Adhamov combined his research with his pedagogical efforts and

taught his views to students at the advanced levels of physics at the

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University. Many graduate and post-graduate students and, indeed,

many faculty benefited from his research and teaching techniques. In

addition, he held many prominent physics- and mathematics-related

positions at the national level. Adhamov's contributions include Pri-

menenie metoda funktsii Grina v klassicheskoi statisticheskoi me-

khanike (Corresponding the Grin Functional Principles to the Me-

chanics of Category and Number, Dushanbe, 1975).

Adhamov was decorated with the Badge of Honor and several other

medals.