P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Shohtemur, Shirinshoh

Tajik politician and leader of the Communist Party of Tajikistan,

Shirinshoh Shohtemur was born into a family of poor farmers in the

village of Parshnev, Badakhshan, in 1899. He joined the CPSU in 1921.

Shohtemur began to work at the age of thirteen. From 1914 to 1919,

he worked in the factories in Tashkent, where he befriended the Bolshe-

viks. In 1920, he came to Khujand and participated in the allotment of

food provisions. In 1921, he was sent to the Pamir as part of a military

commission. There, he became the Head of the Revolutionary Com-

mittee of the region. In 1922 and 1923, he was the Head of the Military-

Political commission. In 1923 and 1924, he worked in the Turkistan Di-

vision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. He was also

the leader for the Communist sector that dealt with Tajikistan.

When Shotemur graduated from the Moscow Toilers of the East

University in 1926, he became the Head of the People's Commissar in

charge of the Budget of the Republic. In 1929, he was Secretary to the

Party Committee of Tajikistan region. Between 1929 and 1932, Shote-

mur served as the Second Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajiki-

stan.

Between 1933 and 1937, he was Head of the Central Executive

Committee of Tajikistan. In 1937, he was sent to the Moscow Institute

of the Red Professorship to complete his studies. After the dismissal of

Nusratullo Makhsum, Shotemur became Chairman of the Central Ex-

ecutive Committee of Tajikistan.

Shotemur contributed to the establishment of Soviet rule in Tajiki-

stan. He also contributed to the smooth operation of the plans of the

Soviet government. He received the Red Banner of Labor in 1930.

In 1937, Shotemur was charged with counter-revolutionary activities

and was executed. He was posthumously rehabilitated in 1957, and re-

instated in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1964.

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