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Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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Qurbon Ali

See Urmonov, Qurbonali.

Qurbonaliev, Mardon

Tajik physicist and chemist Mardon Qurbonaliev was born in the

village of Galaobod in Kuibishev on January 2, 1938.

After graduating from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of

Tajikistan State University, he worked at the same institute. In 1982, he

became the Director of the Department of Solid Substances of the same

Faculty. He received his doctorate degree in chemistry in 1983.

Qurbonaliev's research deals with the physics and mechanics of

polymers. He was the first to discover the basic rules governing defor-

mation of polymers under stress in liquids. He also explained the role of

solvents in the organization of serial polymers. Qurbonaliev's research

opened new vistas in resolving industrial problems, especially with re-

gard to cotton products.