Archive Project for Central Asia - Directory of Archives and Collections

 

 

1

 

Name:

Juraboy Sobirov

 

Affiliation:

College of Arts named after Sodirkhoni Hofiz, Khujand city

 

Position:

Deputy Director

 

Description of Archive:

The Archive contains rare books on folk, traditional and world musical arts in forms of musical recordings, songs, academic and scientific publications, national and world musical melodies.

 

Address:

Sughd Region, Khujand city, Kamoli Khujandi street, 153-A building,

Phone: (992-3422) 4-0581, 4-0444, 4-0242

 

 

2

 

Name:

Fozilkhon Avliyokhonov

 

Affiliation:

Palace of Culture at the Department of Culture of the Government of Isfara city

 

Position:

Head

 

Description of Archive:

There is a museum at the Department of Culture which has 5 500 exhibits introducing historical basis of cultural-social, political and economic situations of Isfara city and district.

 

Address:

Sughd Region, Isfara city, Lenin street, 45 building

Phone: (992-3462) 2-49-80, 2-4005, 2-1466

Fax: (992-3462) 2-4005

 

 

3

 

Name:

Sultonali Khudoyberdiev

 

Affiliation:

Center for Tajik Musical Culture “Hunar”

 

Position:

Director

 

Description of Archive:

There are more than 300 hours of musical archive in different forms and genres. The materials have been collected from different parts of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. They have classical, folk, ethnographic and traditional contents.

 

Address:

Sughd Region, Khujand city, 19 microregion, 3 building, 172 apartment

Phone: (992-3422) 2-43-94

E-mail: sulton@khj.tajik.net

 

 

4

 

Name:

Faroghat Azizova

 

Affiliation:

NGO “Odam va Olam”

National Conservatoire of Tajikistan

 

Position:

Director

Deputy Rector for Academic Process

 

Description of Archive:

Private Archive consists of audio- and video-materials from different regions of Tajikistan. The materials have different contents and genres. “Gur-ughli”* – one of the biggest parts of the materials, has been collected through 1970-2000.

 

Address:

Dushanbe city, 734058

1st Proezd Ghafurov street, 6/1 building, 31 apartment

Phone: (992-372) 35-1574 (home)

E-mail: farog@netrt.org

 

 

5

 

Name:

Fayzali Murodov

 

Affiliation:

Folklore Archive named after Rajab Amonov at the Institute of Language and Literature named after A. Rudaki, Tajik Academy of Sciences

 

Position:

Head; Senior Scientific Associate

 

Description of Archive:

The Archive has 3 branches:

a)      written folklore (more than 220 000 pages),

b)      sound recordings,

c)      photos (8 albums consisting of 500 photos).

The history of the Archive begins since 1923 when the first collection expeditions had started.

 

Address:

Dushanbe city, Rudaki avenue, 21 building

Phone: (992-372) 21-7030 (not direct reach – through Director of Institute – Dr. Dodikhudo Saymuddinov)

 

 

 

6

 

Name:

Nuriddin Tuychiev

 

Affiliation:

TV Station “Sughd”

 

Position:

Chief Editor. More than 17 years he has worked in the State Archive of Tajikistan

 

Description of Archive:

The Regional Radio Station has more than 3 000 reel-to-reel film recordings

TV Station has more than 2 000 video-cassettes.

 

Address:

Khujand city, Kamoli Khujandi street, 152 building

Phone: (992-3422) 6-7860

Fax: (992-3422) 6-6679

 

 

 

7

 

Name:

Soat Chalieshev

 

Affiliation:

Department of Tajik Literature at Kulob State University

 

Position:

Head

 

Description of Archive:

There are folklore materials – about 2000 written notebooks collected by students in the summer fieldworks during 30 years from Kulob Region.

 

Address:

Kulob city, S. Safarov street

Phone: (992-3323) 2-35-09, 2-55-66

 

 

8

 

Name:

Umarali Sattorov

 

Affiliation:

Musical-Comic Theater named after Tuhfa Fozilova, Konibodom city

 

Position:

Actor

Private Collector

 

Description of Archive:

About 500 patiphone and gramophone musical recordings (films) of Tajik and Uzbek classical and traditional songs and melodies.

 

Address:

Sughd Region, Konibodom city, Puloton Village Council, Ibn Sino street, 161 home

Phone: (992-3467) 3-2298

 

 

 

9

 

Name:

Bahriniso Qobilova

 

Affiliation:

Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography named after Ahmadi Donish, Tajik Academy of Sciences

 

Position:

Scientific Secretary

 

Description of Archive:

Department of Musical History – the archive of Tajik musical traditions from different parts of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

 

Address:

Dushanbe city, Rudaki avenue, 33-A building

Phone: (992-372) 21-3742

E-mail: bahri@ac.tajik.net

 

 

 

10

 

Name:

Prof. Dr. Nurjonov Nizom Habibulloevich

 

Affiliation:

Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography named after Ahmadi Donish, Tajik Academy of Sciences

 

Position:

Senior Scientific Associate

 

Description of Archive:

Department of Musical History – the archive of Tajik musical traditions from different parts of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

 

Address:

Dushanbe city, Rudaki avenue, 33-A building

Phone: (992-372) 21-3742

 

 

 

11

 

Name:

Iqbol Zavqibekov

 

Affiliation:

Museum of Traditional Musical Instruments named after Gurminj Zavqibekov (NGO)

 

Position:

Director

 

Description of Archive:

Collection of traditional musical instruments of Tajikistan, Central Asia, and some other Eastern countries.

Collection of musical video- and audio- materials.

 

Address:

Dushanbe, Bokhtar street, 23 building

Phone: (992-372) 23-3210, 33-3176, (91) 900-5506 (mobile)

Email: ikbol_sho@mail.ru

 

Additional Contact Person:

Lola Ulugova – Assistant

Phone: (992-372) 32-3428

E-mail: tili@netrt.org

 

 

 

12

 

Name:

Prof. Dr. Saginali Subanaliev

 

Affiliation:

Department of Traditional Music at Kyrgyz State Institute of Arts

 

Position:

Head

 

Description of Archive:

The Archive contains:

-         Collection of musical instruments,

-         Phonograms of traditional instrument play,

-         Photographs of the performers,

-         Some slides.

 

Address:

Bishkek city, 12 microregion, 37 home, 35 apartment

Phone: (996-312) 46-3275

 

 

 

13

 

Name:

Huseyn Safarov

 

Affiliation:

Archive of State Radio and TV Committee at the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan

 

Position:

Director of the Archive

 

Description of Archive:

The archived materials mainly are kept in form of sound recordings. Sound recordings are about 7 000 hours. The main topics are musical and literary folklore recordings. The Archive has 70 years history.

 

Address:

Dushanbe city, Rahimov avenue, 11 home, 1-A apartment,

Phone: (992-372) 27-7687, 27-0762

 

 

 

14

 

Name:

Usto Ghulom Qodirov

 

Affiliation:

Archive of Musical Instruments

 

Position:

Master

 

Description of Archive:

The Archive contains Tajik traditional musical instruments.

 

Address:

Khatlon Region, Khovaling District, Sari Osiyob Village Council, Tokak va Dahani Shol village

Phone: N/A

 

 

 

15

 

Name:

Prof. Dr. Ravshan Rahmoni

 

Affiliation:

Faculty of Philology at Tajik State National University

Folklore-Ethnological Journal “Mardumgiyoh”

NGO “Institute of Ethnology”

 

Position:

Teacher

Chief Editor

Director

 

Description of Archive:

Private Archive: Materials are about folklore, ethnology and visual anthropology, oral tradition of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Iran.

About 20 volumes of the Archive’s materials have been published.

 

Address:

Dushanbe city, Navoi street, 3/4 building, 8 apartment

Phone: (992-372) 35-9425

 

 

 

 

 



* “Gur-ughli” – traditional singing of poetic eposes about folk heros and their adventures. There are gromaide eposes of “Gur-ughli” which are mainly in oral form.