P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Samadov, Abulhamid

Tajik author Abulhamid Samadov was born into a farming family in

the village of Shikorgoh in the district of Khavaling, Khatlan, on

August 5, 1947. He joined the CPSU in 1978.

Samadov graduated from Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute with a de-

gree in Tajiki language and literature in 1969. From 1966 until 1977, he

worked for Tojikistoni Soveti and thereafter, until 1988, for Sadoi

Sharq. Between 1987 and 1992, he was the Associate Editor of Adabi-

yot va San'at.

Samadov published his first work, Shokhi Chinor (The Plane Tree

Branch), in 1981. The struggle of good against evil constitutes the

theme of most of his stories including "Ba'd az Sari Padadar" ("After

Father Dies," 1982), "Piolai Shikasta" ("The Broken Cup," 1985), "Par-

ronchakho" ("Little Birds," 1983), "Aspi Bobom" ("My Father's Horse,"

1986), "Kosai Davr" ("The Circulating Cup," 1987), "Orizue Javoni"

("Wishing for Youth," 1986), and "Maidon" ("The Square," 1989).

Salomov joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1982.

He

 

was

 

appointed the Secretary

 

of the Union in 1992.

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Sanginov, Bobo

Tajik agronomist Bobo Sanginov was born in the village of Rarz in

the Aini district of Leninabad on May 16, 1935. He joined the CPSU in

1959.

Sanginov graduated from the Uroteppa Agronomy School in 1953

and from the Faculty of Agronomy of the Institute of Agriculture of

Tajikistan in 1958. In 1953, he became the Director of the Mu'minabad

Agricultural Division. In 1958 and 1959, he participated in the efforts at

improving cotton production in the Vakhsh region. Between 1959 and

1962, he did post-graduate studies. In 1962 and 1963, he was Director

of the Seed Production Station.

Sanginov's research deals with the development of the mahina type

of cotton. The mahina type No. 5595-B, which he created, was planted

in the Vakhsh region in 1964. He became a degree candidate in agri-

culture in 1967 and a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sci-

ences of Tajikistan in 1976. In 1970, he created a new type 6465-B,

which yields three times more cotton than 5595-B. In subsequent years,

Sanginov improved the yield of his model for a steadily better product.

Sanginov's contributions include, Nav'i Pakhtai Sovetii Mahinnakh

5595-B (The Soviet Cotton of the Type Mahinnakh 5595-B, Dushanbe,

1965) and Rezervi

 

uvelichenia

 

proizvodstva

 

tonkovoloknistogo khlopch-

atnika (The Labor Rezerves for the Production of Mahina Nakh Cotton,

Dushanbe, 1978).

Sanginov became a Distinguished Tajik Agronomist in 1964. He re-

ceived two Orders of the Red Banner of Labor, the Badge of Honor, and

the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of

Tajikistan.