History
Khorugh State University was founded on August 5, 1992 by the decision of the Cabinet of the Ministers of the Rupublic of Tajikistan, and the same year in September started its first academic year. The University based itself in the largest and most suitable building in the city, a Soviet-built former House of Political Education (Russian: Дом Политического Просвещения, also known as Dompolit as depicted in the photo) in the center of the city on Lenin Street, across from the central square and local government buildings.
The University was named after historian, philosopher and academician Moyonsho Nazarshoev (1929–1994), (Russian/Tajik:Моёншо Назаршоевич Назаршоев), PhD in Philosophy, who was a native of the region and whose contribution to the foundation of the University was extremely significant. Nazarshoev was also a Vice-Premier of Tajikistan before being assassinated on February 18, 1994 in Dushanbe.
For the first time, the population of GBAO had access and the opportunity to enter a higher education institution, without leaving their own region, especially in the early 1990s, when the university was just established. In the early 1990s, during the Tajik Civil War, it was very dangerous, if not fatal, for Pamiri people to go to universities and other educational institutions in Dushanbe or other southern cities of Tajikistan, as they were frequently targeted by rival groups. During the first two years of the Civil War, the population of Khorugh almost doubled, receiving Pamiri refugees from other parts of Tajikistan. Among the refugees, there were people of different professions, but many were from the intelligentsia: professors and teachers who were scholars and educators in other universities and institutions in Tajikistan. Although unfortunate, the war benefited the newly-established University of Khorugh, allowing it to take on faculty who might otherwise have chosen to teach elsewhere in Tajikistan.
The first Rector of the University was Academician Mamadsho Ilolov, Grand PhD in Mathematics, serving from 1992 to 1995, who is currently the President of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. The present Rector, the University's fourth, Dr. Gulkhoja Jangibekov, assumed office in March 2005.
The first graduator of the university was His Highness Aga Khan IV - Prince Karīm al-Hussainī, who was awarded with the LL.D. (honoris causa) in May 1995.
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