P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Nu'monov, Ishonqul

Tajik chemist Ishonqul Usmonovich Nu'monov was born in

Samarqand on November 5, 1919. Between 1941 and 1945, he

participated in the Great Patriotic War. He joined the CPSU in 1944.

Nu'monov graduated from the Leninabad State Pedagogical Institute

in 1947. From 1947 to 1971, he was a post-graduate student, Senior

Scientific Worker, and the Director of the Fossil Fuel Laboratory of the

Institute of Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. He

received his doctorate in chemistry in 1970, and became a professor in

1971. In the same year, he became the Director of the Institute of

Chemistry.

Combining his theoretical studies with his pedagogical efforts,

Nu'monov has created a series of course modules on organic chemistry

for instruction at the advanced levels used in many of the institutes and

universities of the Republic.

Nu'monov received the Order of the Patriotic War, 1

st

 and 2

nd

 Class,

the Order of the Red Star, and other medals.

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