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Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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Usmonov, Pulod

Tajik geneticist Pulod Juraevich Usmonov was born in Konibodom

on May 7, 1935. He joined the CPSU in 1978.

Usmonov graduated from Tajikistan State University in 1959, then

became an intern at the Institute of Botanical Research. From 1962 to

1975, he was a Junior Scientific Worker and Head of the Radiobiology

Laboratory of the Institute of Physiology and Biology of the Academy

of Sciences of Tajikistan. In 1975, he became the Head of the General

Genetics Division for Cotton at the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan.

He became a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of

Tajikistan in 1985, and received his doctorate degree in biology in

1984. He became a professor in 1986.

Usmonov's research deals with the genetics of photosynthesis in ad-

vanced plants. His contributions include Dar Borai Ta'siri Harorat ba

Osibhoi Shuoii Khromosomai Nakhud (About the Effect of Heat on the

Damages Incurred by Light to Garbanzo Beans Chromosomes, 1966)

and The Genetic Basis of Photosynthesis, 1976.

Usmonov is the recipient of a number of medals.

Usmonov, Zafar

Tajik mathematician Zafar Juraevich Usmonov was born in Stalina-

bad on August 26, 1937. Little information is available about his early

life. He joined the CPSU in 1975.

He received his doctorate degree in physics and mathematics in

1973. He became a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences

of Tajikistan in 1976, and a full member in 1981. In 1984, he became

the Academic-Secretary of the Physics, Mathematics, Geology, and

Chemistry Scientific Division of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan.

Usmonov's research deals with the theory of elliptical planes and

equations, the theory of generalized analytical functions, and the theory

of deformation of planes. He was decorated with the Red Banner of

Courage and the 100

th

 Anniversary of the Birth of Lenin Prize.