Habib Abdullayev

Born on {{OldStyleDate|31 July|1912|18 July}} in Aravan to an Uzbek peasant family,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MIlaAAAAIAAJ|title=Депутаты Верховного Совета СССР|date=1958|publisher=Изд-во "Известия Советов депутатов трудящихся СССР"|language=ru}} he worked as a farmer starting when he was only twelve years old, but in 1929 he was made head of the district committee of the Komsomol. When he turned 18 he was chosen to be sent to study in Tashkent. There, he chose to study geology, and went on to graduate from the Central Asian Industrial Institute in 1935.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JmoRAAAAIAAJ|title=Советская геология|date=1962|language=ru}} Upon graduating from the institute as an engineer-geologist, he headed a geological expedition to study the Langar tungsten-molybdenum deposits in the Uzbek SSR. He then taught at the Geological Prospecting University in Moscow until 1939. That year, he successfully defended his thesis.{{Cite encyclopedia|title=АБДУЛЛАЕВ Ҳабиб Муҳаммедович|date=2000|encyclopedia=Ўзбекистон миллий энциклопедияси|publication-place=Tashkent|lang=uz}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OgpOAQAAIAAJ|title=Узбекский геологический журнал|date=1987|publisher=Izd-vo Akademii nauk Uzbekskoĭ SSR|language=ru}}

In 1940, he returned to Tashkent, where he worked at the Central Asian Polytechnic Institute as an assistant professor in the Minerals Department of the Faculty of Mining.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=28ImAQAAIAAJ|title=Записки Всесоюзного минералогического общества|date=1964|publisher=Изд-во Академии наук СССР|language=ru}} His main field of study focused on the formation of igneous rocks and ore deposits, and he played a major role in the establishment of geology studies and field research in the Uzbek SSR.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OGcfAQAAMAAJ|title=Советское общество в воспоминаниях и дневниках: аннотированный библиографический указатель книг, публикаций в сборниках и журналах|last=Drobizhev|first=Vladimir|last2=Akimova|first2=Yelena|last3=Liberman|first3=Aleksandr|date=2006|publisher=Книга|isbn=978-5-85759-338-7|language=ru}} In 1943 he became a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR in 1943, became full member and vice president of it in 1947; that year, his doctoral thesis that he defended in 1946 was published.

He was appointed vice-president of the Academy of Sciences in 1947, and held that position until 1955. Meanwhile, he headed the geology institute, from 1947 to 1949 and from 1952 to 1955, he worked as chairman of the Department of Technical and Geochemical Sciences. In October 1956 he became the president of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, and in 1958 he became a Corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. He held a variety of memberships in academic organizations, including the Geological Society of France and the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland. His main field of study focused on the formation of igneous rocks and ore deposits.{{Cite news|last=Abdullayeva|first=Fotima|date=11 August 1992|title=Ҳабиб Абдуллаев таваллудининг 80 йиллиги олдидан|pages=4|work=Ўзбекистон Овози|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/celebrity-clipping-aug-11-1992-3575953/}} He was removed from his as president of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR shortly before his death in 1962.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_GGJDwAAQBAJ|title=Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus: Migration, Democratisation and Inequality in the Post-Soviet Era|last=Hohmann|first=Sophie|last2=Mouradian|first2=Claire|last3=Serrano|first3=Silvia|date=2014-06-25|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-0-85772-537-0|language=en}} During his career, he authored over 100 academic papers as well as seven monographs.

Having become a member of the Communist Party in 1941,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gpjpAAAAMAAJ|title=Малая советская енциклопедия|last=Vvedensky|first=Boris|date=1958|publisher=Большая советская энциклопедия|language=ru}} he held a variety of high offices in the government in addition to his academic posts. From 1942 to 1984 he was a deputy chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Uzbek SSR.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GAxOAQAAIAAJ|title=Geologiya va mineral resurslar|date=2002|publisher=Akademii︠a︡ nauk Respubliki Uzbekistan|language=ru}} In addition, he was chairman of the State Planning Committee of the Uzbek SSR from 1944 to 1948{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6kghAQAAMAAJ|title=Отечественные члены-корреспонденты Российской академии наук XVIII--начала XXI века: геология и горные науки|last=Соловьев|first=Ю. Я.|last2=Хомизури|first2=Г.|last3=Бессуднова|first3=Зоя Антоновна|date=2007|publisher=Наука|isbn=978-5-02-035348-0|language=ru}} He was a deputy in the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR in the 4th convocation (1955-1959) and the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in the 5th convocation (1958-1962), as well as a delegate at the XXI Congress of the CPSU in 1959. In 1956, he was elected to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Uzbek SSR.

• Order of Lenin (11 January 1957){{cite news |date=24 January 1957 |title=Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О награждении орденами и медалями СССР колхозников, работников МТС и совхозов сельского хозяйства, партийных, советских, профсоюзных и комсомольских работников Узбекской ССР|trans-title=Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR On awarding orders and medals of the USSR to collective farmers, workers of the MTS and state farms of agriculture, party, Soviet, trade union and Komsomol workers of the Uzbek SSR |url=https://press.natlib.uz/ru/editions/90691|work=Pravda Vostoka|page=2 |language=ru |issue=21}}
• Two Order of the Red Banner of Labour (16 January 1950,{{Cite news |date=28 January 1950 |title=Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О награждении орденами и медалями работников промышленности, сельского науки, культуры и искусства Узбекской ССР |url=http://press.natlib.uz/ru/editions/75461 |pages=2 |language=ru |issue=22}} ?)
• Three Order of the Red Star
• Order of the Badge of Honour{{Cite news |date=21 June 1962 |title=Ҳабиб Муҳамедович Абдуллаев |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/obituary-clipping-jun-21-1962-2111199/ |work=Qizil Oʻzbekiston |pages=5 |issue=144}}
• State Biruni Prize (1970){{Cite news |date=17 April 1970 |title=Мукофотлар муборак! |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/advertisement-clipping-apr-17-1970-4659943/ |work=Sovet Oʻzbekistoni |pages=1 |language=uz |issue=90}}
• Order of Outstanding Merit (23 August 2002){{cite news |date=24 August 2002 |title=О награждении посмертно деятелей науки и искусства, внесших огромный вклад в развитие науки и культуры Узбекистана |url=http://press.natlib.uz/ru/editions/17665 |work=Narodnoe slovo |page=1 |language=uz |issue=172}}

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