Toshmuhammad Sarimsoqov Explained

Toshmuhammad Sarimsoqov (Uzbek Cyrillic: Тошмуҳаммад Алиевич Саримсоқов, ru|Ташмухамед Алиевич Сарымсаков, Tashmukhamed Alievich Sarymsakov; 10 September 1915 17 December 1995) was an Uzbek mathematician who served as president of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR from 1947 to 1952.

Early life and education

Born on 10 September 1915 in Shahrixon to an Uzbek family, in 1931 he graduated from a Russian secondary school in Kokand; he subsequently enrolled in the Central Asia State University. There, he was one of the first students of Vsevolod Romanovsky. After graduating from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the university in 1936, he remained at the university, where he attended graduate school. At the same time, he worked as assistant and associate professor. After briefly serving in the Red Army, he returned to the university in 1942 to defend his doctoral dissertation. That year he received his Doctor of Sciences degree.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

He became a member of the Communist party in 1944 and served as a deputy in the third convocation of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.^{[5] [6]}

Career

In 1943 he became the rector of his university, and held that post until June 1944.

When the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR was founded in 1943, he became its vice president. In 1947 he became its president, and held the post until 1952. He then returned to being the rector of Central Asia State University, where he remained until 1958.

From 1959 to 1971 he served as the minister of higher education of the Uzbek SSR before again returning to being the rector of the university, which had been renamed to Tashkent State University in 1960. In 1983 he returned to working at the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, and in 1988 he became advisor to the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR. His main areas of study were probability, statistics, and functional analysis. During his career he authored over 170 academic papers. His work on the theory of non-homogeneous Markov chains is cited in modern academic papers.^[7] For his work, he was awarded the title Hero of Socialist Labour on 3 April 1990. After Uzbekistan became independent he worked as an advisor to the President of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan.

He died in Tashkent on 18 December 1995.^{[8] [9]}

Awards

• Hero of Socialist Labour (3 April 1990)^[10]
• Four Orders of Lenin (23 January 1946,^[11] 16 January 1950,^[12] 15 September 1961,^[13] 3 April 1990)
• Three Orders of the Red Banner of Labour (4 November 1944,^[14] 11 January 1957, 9 September 1971)
• Order of the Badge of Honour (1 March 1965)^[15]
• Order of the October Revolution (3 October 1975)^[16]
• Medal "For Labour Valour" (6 November 1951)
• Order of Outstanding Merit (23 August 2002)^[17]
• Stalin Prize (1948)
• Biruni State Prize (1967)^[18]
• Honoured Worker of Science and Technology of the Uzbek SSR (1960)

Notes and References

1. Аюпов . Ш. А. . Математическая жизнь - Ташмухамед Алиевич Сарымсаков . Узбекский Математический Журнал . 2005 . 3 . 3–10 . Mathematical life - Toshmuhamad Aliyevich Sarimsoqov . Издательство «Фан» Академии Наук Республики Узбекистан . Ташкент . ru . PDF . 2010-7269.
2. Book: Боголюбов . А. Н. . Матвиевская . Г. П. . Всеволод Иванович Романовский, 1879–1954 . Vsevolod Ivanovich Romanovsky, 1879–1954 . 1997 . Наука . Москва . Научно-биографическая серия . 978-5-02003-644-4 . ru.
3. Kostyrya. Vyacheslav. 1977. Могучая крона знаний . Mighty Crown of Knowledge . ru. Ogonyok. 26 . 16–17.
4. News: 19 December 1995 . Ташмухамед Алиевич Сарымсаков . Pravda Vostoka . 1 . ru . 241.
5. Book: Академия Наук Узбекской ССР . Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR . 1983 . Издательство «Фан» Узбекской ССР . ru.
6. Web site: Karimov . Timur . Сарымсаков Ташмухамед Алиевич . Sarymsakov Tashmukhamed Alievich . 13 November 2022 . Международный патриотический интернет-проект «Герои страны» . ru.
7. Book: Iosifescu, Marius . Finite Markov Processes and Their Applications . 2007 . Originally published 1980 . Dover Publications . Mineola, New York . 978-0-48645-869-4 . 286 . en.
8. Book: М. С. . Салахитдинов . Академии наук Республики Узбекистан – 50 лет . Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan – 50 years . 1993 . Фан . ru.
9. Book: Ўзбекистон миллий энциклопедияси . 2004 . O‘zbekiston milliy ensiklopediyasi Davlat ilmiy nashriyoti . Tashkent . 7. 9 February 2023 . uz . PDF.
10. News: 4 April 1990 . Совет Социалистик Республикалари Иттифоқи Президентининг Фармони ўртоқ Т. А. Саримсоқовга Социалистик Меҳнат Қаҳрамони унвони бериш тўғрисида . Sovet Oʻzbekistoni . 1 . uz . 79.
11. News: 27 January 1946 . Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О награждении орденами и медалями работников Среднеазиатского Государственного Университета . Pravda Vostoka . 2 . ru . 20.
12. News: 21 January 1950 . Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О награждении орденами и медалями работников промышленности, сельского науки, культуры и искусства Узбекской ССР . Pravda Vostoka . 2 . ru . 16.
13. News: 19 September 1961 . Олий мактаб ходимлари мукофотланди . Sovet Oʻzbekistoni . 3 . uz . 220.
14. News: 23 November 1944 . Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О награждении орденами и медалями работников высшей школы . 3 . ru . 62.
15. News: 3 March 1965 . С наградой вас, люди трудовой доблести! . Pravda Vostoka . 4 . ru . 51.
16. News: 5 October 1975 . СССР Олий Совети Президиумининг фармони Ўзбекистон ССР Фанлар Академиясининг академиги Т. А. Саримсоқовни Октябрь Революцияси ордени билан мукофотлаш тўғрисида . Sovet Oʻzbekistoni . 1 . uz . 233.
17. News: 24 August 2002 . О награждении посмертно деятелей науки и искусства, внесших огромный вклад в развитие науки и культуры Узбекистана . Narodnoe slovo . 1 . uz . 172.
18. News: 7 November 1967 . Фан ва тахника соҳасида Ўзбекистон ССРнинг Бируний номидаги Давлат мукофотларини бериш тўғрисида . Sovet Oʻzbekistoni . 2 . uz . 263.