P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Abdusalomov, Islom

Tajik bird specialist and biologist Islom Abdurahmonovich

Abdusalomov was born in Samarqand on February 13, 1929. He joined

the CPSU in 1952.

Abdusalomov graduated from the department of Biology and Soil

Sciences of the Uzbekistan State University in 1950. In 1958, he de-

fended his dissertation and was appointed the Director of the Land

Animals with Vertebrae Division of the Institute of Zoology of the

Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. From 1967 to 1972, he was the

Director of that Institute. In 1972, he defended his dissertation entitled

Biologia va Khususiyyathoi ba Tarzi Amudi Joigirshavii Parrandagoni

Tojikiston (The Biology and the Properties of the Positioning of Birds at

Different Heights in Tajikistan). He received his doctorate degree in

biology in 1972 and became a Corresponding Member of the Academy

of Sciences of Tajikistan in 1976.

Abdusalomov has written a number of scientific works about the

birds of Tajikistan and their habitat. His Fauna Tadzhikskoi SSR, Ptitsi

(Tajikistan SSR, Fauna and Birds) was published in Dushanbe between

1971 and 1973.

Abulhaev, Raqib

Tajik historian Raqib Abulhaev was born in the village of Urmetan

in the Aini district of Sughd on February 10, 1938. He received his

early education in school district No. 2 in Urmetan.

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