Mirzo Tursunzoda
Mirzo Tursunzoda was an important Tajikistani and Soviet poet and a prominent political figure, full member of the Tajik Academy of Sciences, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Tajikistan, a member of the Union of Soviet Writers. Today Tursunzoda has been elevated to the level of a national hero of Tajikistan.
Tursunzoda's face appears on the front of the one Somoni note.
The town of Tursunzoda is named in his honor. Dushanbe's Memorial and Literature Museum was founded in 1981 in honor of Tursunzoda's 70th anniversary.
He was awarded the Stalin prize.
