P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Shukurov, Maqsud

Tajik historian Maqsud Rahmalulloevich Shukurov was born into a

farming family in Zahmatabad of Aini on May 1, 1920. He joined the

CPSU in 1946.

Shukurov graduated from the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute in

1946. Beginning in 1950, he was a teacher at the Tajikistan State Uni-

versity. In 1966, he became the Director of the Department of History

of Soviet Union. He received his doctorate degree in history in 1967,

and became a professor in 1969.

Shukurov's research deals with the problems of the history of educa-

tion and culture in Tajikistan, the victory of People's Revolution in

Tajikistan, and the struggle for eradicating illiteracy in the Republic. It

also deals with the establishment of Soviet schools, civil institutions,

and establishment of socialist ways.

Shukurov's contributions include Revolutsiai Madani dar Tojikiston

(Urban Revolution in Tajikistan, Stalinabad, 1957); Ocherki Ta'rikhi

Tashakkuli Madaniyati Sotsiolistii Tojik (Study in the History of the

Formation of Socialist Civilization of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 1969); and

Kul'turnaia zhizn' Tadzhistana v period razvitogo sotsializma (Life and

Culture in Tajikistan During the Period of Progressive Socialism,

Dushanbe, 1981).

Shukurov became a Distinguished Scientific Contributor to Tajiki-

stan in 1980. He is the recipient of the Red Banner of Courage, the

Order of the Patriotic war, and the Honorary Order of the Presidium of

the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.