P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Rudaki Institute of Tajik Language and Literature

The Institute was founded in 1951. It consists of 7 departments and an

amalgamation of literary-memorial museums.

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  History of Tajik Literature

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  Modern Tajik Literature and Literary Relations

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Iraj Bashiri

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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  Literary Heritage

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  Tajik Folklore

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  Modern Tajik Language and Its History

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  Dialectology

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  Dictionaries

The major fields of investigation for the Institute include

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  History of literature and modern literary process;

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  Investigation of problems of literary relations and translation;

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  Study of genres and the specific character of Tajik folklore;

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  Analysis of linguistic and historical development of the Tajik language;

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  Preparation for publication of literary heritage; and

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  Compiling dictionaries, textbooks and school supplies for schools and

universities of the Republic.

The following fundamental scientific research works have been prepared for

publication:

History of Tajik Soviet literature  (6 volumes);

Collection of Tajik Folklore (35 volumes);

Explanatory Dictionary of Tajik Language  (2 volumes);

Sketches on the History of Tajik Literature (12 volumes);

Experience of Scientific Generalization of Southern Dialects of the Tajik

Language (5 volumes);

Tajik-Russian Dictionary;

Russian-Tajik Dictionary;

Shugnan-Russian Dictionary;

 Explanatory Dictionary of Modern Tajiki Language;

Academic publication of collected works by A. Lahuti;

And a series of investigations on the history of the Tajiki language.

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