P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Shakuri

See Shukurov, Muhammadjon.

Sharifov, Hasanboi

Tajik journalist Hasanboi Sharifov was born into a family of workers

in Khujand on December 30, 1951.

Sharifov graduated with honors from the Tajikistan State University

with a degree in journalism in 1974. For the next twenty-two years, he

worked for various newspapers and journals of Leninabad, especially

Haqiqati Leninobod. In 1989, he defended his doctoral dissertation.

From 1996 to 1998, Sharifov worked as the Press Secretary for the

Head of the Leninabad Region. At the present, he continues in that po-

sition implementing the progressive programs of the regional director.

Sharifov's most recent contribution is an encyclopedic work entitled

Khujand (Khujand). His other contributions include Onho Portizon Bu-

dand (They were Partial, Dushanbe, 1985); Dilhoi Purjisorat (Bold

Hearts, Dushanbe, 1986); Ya'qubbek ( Yakubbek, Khujand, 1994); Radi

zhizn na zemle (Happy Life Upon the Earth, Khujand, 1995); Tojikoni

Burunmarzi (Tajik Diaspora, Khujand, 1996); and Dar Taloshi Niknomi

(Seeking a Good Name, Khujand, 1997).

Sharifov joined the Union of Journalists of Tajikistan in 1980.

Sharifov, Ibron

Tajik philosopher Ibron Sharifov was born into a farming family in

the village of Alisurkhon of Komsomolabad, Gharm, on September 15,

1931. He joined the CPSU in 1956.

Sharifov graduated from the Tajikistan State University in 1956. He

taught at the Kulab Pedagogical Institute between 1956 and 1960. From

1960 to 1963, he was a post-graduate student. He was a Junior Scien-

tific Worker from 1963 to 1965, and a Senior Scientific Worker from

1966 through 1971. Between 1972 and 1984, he was Head of Scientific

Communism of the Department of Philosophy of the Academy of Sci-

ences of Tajikistan. He received his doctorate degree in 1980, and be-

came a professor in 1986. In 1984, he became the Head of the Philoso-

phy Department of the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute.

Sharifov's research deals with introduction of socialist views into

inter-cultural relations--political, ideological, or social--among peoples

who have adopted the capitalist way of life. Soviet ethics, friendship

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