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Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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Karimov graduated from the Leninabad Institute of History and Phi-

lology in 1946. From 1946 to 1948, he was the Director of the Uroteppa

Institute of Pedagogy. The following year, he served as an inspector for

public schools of Leninabad. From 1948 to 1964, he was the Dean of

the Faculty of History and Philology of the Tajikistan State University.

From 1964 to 1972, he taught Soviet History and Scientific Commu-

nism at the Kulab Pedagogical Institute. He became a Doctor of History

in 1969, and a professor in 1970. In 1972, he became the Professor in

charge of the instruction of the History of the Communist Party of the

Soviet Union at the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute. In 1979, he became

the Director of that institute. Karimov's contributions include Pobeda

Velikoi Oktiabrskoi Sotsiailisticheskoi revoliu tsii v Severnom Tadzhi-

kistona (The Victory of the Great October Revolution in Northern Taji-

kistan, Stalinabad, 1957); Revolutsiyai Solhoi 1905-07 dar Tojikiston

(The 1905-1907 Revolutions in Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 1965); Shurishi

Soli 1916 dar Tojikiston (The 1916 Revolution in Tajikistan, Dushanbe,

1966); Haidar Usmonov (Haidar Usmonov, Dushanbe, 1967); Saidjon

Nazarov (Saidjon Nazarov, Dushanbe, 1967); Jura Zokirov (Jura Zoki-

rov, Dushanbe, 1974); Ghalabai Hokimiyati Soveti dar Tojikiston (The

Victory of Soviet Rule in Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 1974); and Onho

Avvalin Budand (They Were the First, Dushanbe, 1978).

Karimov was the recipient of the Red Banner of Courage, the 100

th

Anniversary of the Birth of Lenin Prize, and the Honorary Order of the

Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.