KHOROG, February 1, Asia-Plus  -- The publishing house Nodir has published book about Shirinsho Shotemur, one of founders of present-day Tajikistan.

The book authored by Musoyat Sherghoziyev, lecturer at Tajik State Teachers’ Teaching University, and Abdurahmon Khonov, an official with Tajik Committee for Youth Affairs, Sports and Tourism, tells life and work of Shirinsho Shotemur, who was one leaders of Tajikistan in the 1930s.  

Shirinsho Shotemur along with Nusratullo Makhsum and other Tajik politicians of that period played an important role in gathering Tajikistan bit by bit.  Thus, Nusratullo Makhsum appealed to Stalin in a letter stating that the program of national-territorial reorganization was unfair and detrimental to their interests.  Together with Makhsum, Shirinsho Shotemur actively pursued a series of questions about the expansion of borders of the autonomous republic.  Great effort was made so that Khujand and its surrounding regions became part of present-day Tajikistan.

Along with Sadriddin Ayni, Bobojon Ghafurov and Nusratullo Makhsum, Shirinsho Shotemur was awarded as Hero of Tajikistan.