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Pulodov, Abdumajid

Tajik neuropathologist Abdumajid Musoevich Pulodov was born on

April 8, 1925, in the village of Kistakuz in Khujand. From 1941 to

1945, he was a major at the front. He joined the CPSU in 1946.

Pulodov graduated from the Tajikistan State Medical Institute in

1950. From then until 1964, he served as an assistant and Assistant Pro-

fessor there. In 1964, he became the Director of Neurology of the same

institute. He received his doctorate degree in medicine in 1963, and be-

came a professor in 1965. He also received an honorary doctorate from

Harvard University, U.S.A., in 1971.

Pulodov's contributions include Propedevtikai Bimorihoi Asabi (The

Preparatory Study of the Diseases of the Nervous System), which was

authorized by the Ministry of Health of the Soviet Union to be used as a

textbook throughout the Nation.

Pulodov's research deals with actual cases of clinical neurology, as

well as with the pathology of a series of diseases of the nervous system

which are named after him. They include the Pulodov Syndrome and

Pulodov Facial Nerve Dysfunction. Pulodov's contribution to the devel-

opment of the science of neurology in the republic is immense. Due to

his efforts, many regions were equipped with the means to address dis-

eases related to neurology and pathology.

Pulodov received the Red Banner of Labor, the Order of the Patriotic

War, and other medals.