P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Pirumshoev, Haydarsho

Tajik historian Haydarsho Pirumshoev was born in the village of

Vodkhud of Vanj, Badakhshan, on December 30, 1944. He received his

early education first in his native village of Vodkhud, and later in

Navobod in the district of Gharm.

Although he entered the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute in 1963,

due to military service (1964-67), he did not graduate until 1970. Then,

he served as a teacher for two years. From 1972 to 1997, he was a post-

graduate student, teacher of Soviet History, Assistant Professor, and As-

sistant Professor of Homeland History of the Faculty of History and

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