P rominent t ajik f igures of the

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by

Dr. Iraj Bashiri

Professor

The University of Minnesota

Dushanbe, Tajikistan

2002

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Copyright © 2002 by Iraj Bashiri

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form

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critical articles and reviews.

Dushanbe, Tajikistan 2002

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Acronyms and Abbreviations

AIDS  Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

BBC  British Broadcasting Corporation

CIS   Commonwealth of Independent States

CNR  Commission for National Reconciliation

CP  Communist Party

CPSU  Communist Party of the Soviet Union

CPT  Communist Party of Tajikistan

DPT  Democratic Party of Tajikistan

DSU   Department of State Road Construction

GES   Hydroelectric Station (at Norak)

GVAO (Russian)  Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region

GVBK (Tajik)  same as GVAO

HIV  Human Immunodeficiency Virus

IAEA  International Atomic Energy Agency

IMU  Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan

IRPT   Islamic Resurgence Party of Tajikistan

KGB  State Security Committee

KOMSOMOL  Communist Youth League

KPSS  same as CPSU

MIRT  Movement for Islamic Revival in Tajikistan

MSS  Manuscript

MTS  Machine Tractor Stations

RFE/RL   Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

SSR  Soviet Socialist Republic

SSSR  same as USSR

STD  Sexually Transmitted Diseases

STE  Soviet Tajik Encyclopedia

STI  Sexually Transmitted Infections

Tajik SSR  Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic

TIPEMS  Tajik Institute of Post-graduate Education of Medical Staff

TS  Tajik Scholars

UNAIDS  The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS

UNDP  United Nations Development Programme

UNESCO  

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

USSR  Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

UTO  United Tajik Opposition

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