Mirzo Tursunzade

      During his lifetime, Mirzo Tursunzade made ??an enormous contribution not only to literature in Tajikistan, but also, he did very much to study Tajik folklore, establish international friendships. He was not only the Tajik writer, but also a social activist, poet of the people of Tajikistan, the Academy of Sciences of the Tajik SSR, Hero of Socialist Labor. Most of his poems, and poems have been translated into many languages. He translated into Tajik number of works by Russian writers and writers of the fraternal republics of Pushkin and Shevchenko, Nekrasov, Jambul, Shota Rustaveli, Zulfiya and others named in his honor Tursunzade (formerly Regar). His portrait is depicted on the banknote Tajik currency. On it was written many books. His deeds are still remembered and revered, even outside of Tajikistan.

     Mirzo Tursunzade was a prominent state and public figure, member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, a member of the Communist Party of Tajikistan, President of the Soviet Committee of Solidarity with Asian and African member of the Soviet Peace Committee, a member of the All-Union Committee of the Lenin and USSR State Prize in Literature, Art and architecture, the chairman of the Tajik national peace Committee, chairman of the awarding of State Prizes of the Tajik SSR. Rudaki, a member of the editorial board of the library of the poet publishing house "Soviet writer" and 200-volume library of world literature, editorial board member of the main Tajik Soviet Encyclopedia.