ACADEMY OF SCIENCES TADZHIK SSR CREATED, HOLDS FIRST MEETING; MEMBERS APPOINTED

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COUNTRY USSR - Tadzhik SSR
SUBJECT Scientific - Miscellaneous, Academy of Sciences
Biographic
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PUBLISHED Daily newspaper
WHERE
PUBLISHED Stalinabad
DATE
PUBLISHED 14, 15 Apr 1951
LANGUAGE Russian
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SOURCE Kommunist Tadzhikistana.
This report consists of excerpts from two newspaper articles
describing the creation, membership, anti first meeting of the new
Academy of Sciences Tadzhik SSR, succeeec_' to the Tadzhik Affiliate,
Academy of Sciences USSR.
Numbers in parentheses refer to appewled sources.
In accordance with a 9 October 1950 resolution of the Council of ministers
USSR on the organization of the Academy of Sciences Tadzhik SSR, the Presidium,
Supreme Soviet Tadzhik SSR, the Council of Ministers 2'adzhik SSR, and the TaK
KP(b) of Tadzhikistan herewith:
1. Organize the Academy of Sciences Tadzhik SSR on the foundations of the
former Tadzhik Affiliate of the Academy of Sciences USSR.
2. Stipulate that the permanent site of the Presidium, Academy of Sciences
Tadzhik SSR, shall be in the city of Stalinabad.
N. podkhudoyev, Chairman, Presidium,
Supreme Soviet Tadzhik '88R
D. Rasulov, Chairman,
Council of Ministers Tadzhik SSR
B. Gafurov, ':BecrCtery,
TaK KP(b) of Tadzhikistan. (1)
With this official decree, the organization which in 1932 had been only a
scientific research base of the Academy of Sciences UstSapprenticeship cbecame nd independent
republic academy of sciences, after having passed
filiate of the Academy of Sciences USSR since 1941. The new Academy of Sciences
DATE OF
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Tadzhik SSR must maintain a place of leadership is the scientific world in view
tthe he affiliate as, izs
of the memorable achievements of the affiliate. Small as
research in cotton growing and forestry, its studies, and its many works on Tadzhik language, literature, and history will go
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down in the annals of Tadzhikistan
From all indicatio the new acade will be Ltite ca ble of c tinu
the work of the affiliate why very shortly, the academy should
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not be renowned in its orn right. The academy's nucleus of scientific personnel
consists of persons who have already made their mark in Soviet science. Moreover,
the state's paternalistic attitude, which has done so much to develop science in ncil of the Tadzhik SSR, is clearly shown in the 14 April 1951 decree of the CCoouncilp of
Ministers Tadzhik SSR, which approved the active and corresponding
the new academy. (2)
e"'peamble of this.14 April 1951 decree stipulates that there will be
17 active members and 19 corresponding members of the Academy of Sciences Tadzhik
SSR, but in keeping with the democratic principleb of the Soviet system, six ac-
tive members and five corresponding members are to be elected in 1952 by the
there will be inn membership iptheoacademy. for
deserving General tsseu..1y. in this
the Tadzhik SSE manner
deserving scientis
he above mentioned decree alprores the following appointmer_ts
Active Members
2. Sa&riddinlsyevich AntipoT-1 atayev,aDo-.tor ofgAgri.c ultural sciences
2. TV
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Hobodzhan G]afurovich Ga.irov, Candidate,iniEistoDicaciend
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Babacznan NiyazL,.,..~.,mL-,. y
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Aleksandr Alekeandrovich Semenovy Doctor of ffistorica Sciences
4 -1+-al Sciences
8. Mirzo Tursun- ~neralogical
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Semen Ivanovich Pleshko, Doctor of Agr c Agricultural Sciences
aldislavovich Smol'skiy, Candidate in Agr
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10. I{hikmat Abdull.aye"{ch Yuldashevy chitect
11. Aleksandr Yur'y.:'ich Yakubovskiy
Corresponding Members
1. 4ulyam Aliyevich Aliyev
2. Nikolay Fedorovich Berezkin
3. Alautdin Bogoutdinov
4. Iosif Samuilovich Bragiaskiy
5. Vy.cheslav Prokof'yevich Krasichkcrv
6. Abdugasi Mirzoyev
7. Ibadulla Kasymovich Narzikulov
8. Panel Nikolayevich Ovchinnf.kov
9. Petr Andreyevich Pankratov
10. Leonid Fedorovich ParadoksOv
ll. Vyacheslav Fedorovich Petrov
12. Zarif Sharipovich Radzbabov
13. Yakh'ya Abdullayevich Rakhimov
14. Satym Ulug-Zade
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The new aca&my convened its first meetiu ; at 1600 hours on 14 April 1951
at the State Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Stalinabad.
Many famous scientists of Tadzhikistan and other parts of the USSR attended.
Sfor ecretary, first Tad-zhikistan Rasuov, Cha.irman,iCoouncil of ia-
The urov, Presidium
ters. T Taddzzhikk S SR; Dodkhudoyev, Chairman, n, Supreme Soviet Tadzhik SSR; Pulatov
Lreahi
and Kbalikov, secretaries, `'i 1cP(b) of Te-aaikietan; V. P. Nikitin, member,
Presidium, Academy of Sciences USSR; Academician Ye. N. Paviovakiy; A. Yu. Yaku-
bovskiy, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences sSR; K. S. Satpayev,
ocal scientific organizations famaut scientists from
President, Academy of republics and Sciences
neighboring The speakers at this meeting stressed the fact that this momentous occasion
was a result of the Soviet state's attitude toward the development of science.
They stated that the wastelands which once e_cl.Lted have, through the paternalism
of the party of Lenin and Stalin, been converted into kolkb^zes, farms, and
orchards yielding abundant harvests, while erase unsuited nt croptfarrminng have
achieve-
ments rich harvests of raw materials, conauiMrs' goods,
ments from the various mines, factories, schools, anal scientific institutions
which have mushroomed during the Soviet era.
The speakers expressed the gre,ti'ude the A,-a;iemy of Sciences Tadzhik SSR
will always feel toward the Academy of Scien,.e'. C':"SR, uhicl. originally conducted
f'TLdzaik nationals atTad-
intensive studies of the lypuov did fo rthert aio r 'olater
zhik Aff filiate, , and finally pr - with
the affiliate and at the home institutes of the Academy of Sciences USSR,
the result that today the peoples of 'r'a3.7hikistan can successfully make their
own way in USSR scientific circles.
Rasulov, speaking for the assembled eci.entiate of the _epublic, requested
Academician V. P. Nikitin to convey tt- yr.e:_,ieni: of the Academy of Sciences USSR
Nesmeyanov, Vice-President of the Acade of 10-denies USSR Bardin, Academician people Volgin, and Scientific Secreta-ryVinograiuv the heartfelt thanks o fee se ip and s
of Tadzhikistan, particularly the mem..ers c. r the new academy,
$ssistaace given so unstintingly.
Rasulov credited much of the deveoppm nt of scie ce in the Tadzhik SSR to
the personal efforts of Academician
Later in the meeting Academician Pav-lovskiy explained the task which faces
the new academy. He credited the people and particularly the scientists of Tad-
zhikistan with making it possible to develop the present academy from its humble
beginnings as a base. Pavlovakiy recomuende~,, as did Rasulov, that the new
academy should strive to become the scientific headquarters of the Tadzhik SSR,
and that one of its major tasks would. be the complete study and understanding of
the republic's natural resources.
Other congratulatory speeches were delivered by the i'ollo ing: Godnee , Ac-
tive Member of the Academy of Sciences Ptelot11ssian SS; AVdnlaee , y Vi e_ c
the Acnd-
Aze the Acad-
of the Academy of Sciences Uzbek SSR; Acadmmtcian Satpayev, of
Sciences
emy 'Sciences Dz Kazakh Doctor e of' Hisec rical Sciences, Academy
Afete rg SSR; Batmege. '
of the Kirgiz Affiliate, Academy of Sciences USSR; Berdyyev, chief of the delega-
tion from the Turkmen Affiliate, Academy of Sciences USSR; Professor BBoonnch oavvskiY,
Br-
representative drof the ector Geography Orientalia, AAccademycof Sciences;UPSR. .
skiykiy, deputy y ,
On 15 April the first session of the Academy of Sciences TadzhikSSRR will
continue its work. There will be a General Assembly of the academy, at
time elections will be held for the honorary member`. president, vice-presidents,
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and ac.ade!nician-secretary of the Academy of Sciences Tadzhik SSR. There will
also be a plenary meeting at the session. (1)
The organization of the Academy of Sciences Tadzhik SSR is being hailed in
lay circles as well as in scientific circles. The city of Stalinabad has taken
on a festive air. The buildings and streets are decked with bunting. Many of
the libraries are organizing special exhibits to show the development of science
in the republic. Students and common laborers are holding meetings to commemorate
the occasion. Special excursions have been organized for the visiting digni-
taries. Among the points of interest which they will view will be the Mountain-
Botanical Station, the Stalinabad Botanical Gardens, the Kray Studies Museum,
and the Seismic Station at the Tadzhik State University, and the Kolkhoz imeni
Stalin. (2)
1. Komimmist Tadzhikistana, 15 Apr 51
2. Komminist Tadzhikistana, 14 Apr 51
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