SOBIROVA FARZONA ASOMUDINOVNA
Address: 734025, Republic of Tajikistan,
Dushanbe, Student Campus, Building 10, Room 301
E-mail: farzina.sotieva@mail.ru
History of the Department
The Department of World Literature was established in 2007 within the Faculty of Russian Language and Literature. Currently, the department is headed by Assoc. Prof. FarzonaAsomudinovnaSobirova.
The department brings together both experienced and young qualified teachers. Among them are Associate Professor Farzona Asomudinovna Sobirova, Associate Professor Robiya Dodovna Rakhimova, Senior Lecturer Olmakhon Akramovna Khasanova, and Assistant DilraboOdilkhodja.
Educational Activities
The Department of World Literature trains specialists in Russian language and literature. Faculty members deliver courses in the following disciplines:
History of Old Russian Literature
History of Russian Literature
Russian Oral Folk Art
Introduction to Literary Studies
History of Russian Literary Criticism
Theory of Literature
History of Foreign Literature
Special Course in Literature
Contemporary Russian Literature
Practical Course in Literature
Academic Staff
Currently, the department employs 4 faculty members – including 2 Candidates of Sciences (PhD equivalent), 1 Senior Lecturer, 2Assistants, and 1 laboratory assistant.
Sobirova Farzona Asomudinovna – Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor (Head of the Department)
Rakhimova Robiya Dodovna – Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor
Khasanova Olmakhon Akramovna – Senior Lecturer
Dilrabo Odilkhodja – Assistant
Hikmatova Rukhshona – Assistant
Teaching and Methodological Activities
The department operates a School of Young Teachers, led by Assoc. Prof. R.D. Rakhimova, which provides methodological assistance to young lecturers.
Scientific and Methodological Council (SMC)
Regular methodological seminars and council meetings are held at the department. These are supervised by Assoc. Prof. F.A. Sobirova. Monthly seminars address topical issues of teaching methodology and familiarize staff with the latest scholarly literature in pedagogy, linguistics, and methods of teaching Russian literature.
Student Scientific Society (SSS)
The department also hosts a Student Scientific Society, working in two directions: “Translator” (headed by Assoc. Prof. F.A. Sobirova) and “Philologist” (headed by Assoc. Prof. R.D. Rakhimova). At SSS sessions, students acquire research skills: selecting literature, making notes, references, and excerpts, comparing different scholarly views, and performing philological analysis of literary works.
Student Clubs
The department places great emphasis on student research activities. Main directions include:
Holding research workshops on issues of 19th–21st century prose,
Organizing student–faculty meetings to discuss problems of poetics.
The “Young Writer” club also functions at the department (supervised by Assistant D. Odilkhodja). Member MavlyudaAtadzhanova participated in the national competition “FurugiSubhiDonoi – KitobAst”, where she won second place under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. R.D. Rakhimova. Members of the club are actively engaged in various faculty and inter-university events and competitions.
Research Areas
The department’s research activities are focused on “Problems of World Literature” in comparative-historical and typological aspects, with particular attention to the specific features of Russian literature, the works of individual writers, and translations into Tajik.
Publications
Textbooks and teaching manuals (Nagsibekova M.B., Rakhimova R.D., Sobirova F.A.)
Literary Tales in the Works of Russian and Foreign Writers (Rakhimova R.D., Sobirova F.A., Khasanova O.A., Odilkhodja D.)
Monuments of Old Russian Literature of the 10th–17th Centuries (Rakhimova R.D., Orinina L.V., Khasanova O.A., Rakhmonov J.A.)
Faculty Profiles
SobirovaFarzonaAsomudinovna
Position: Head of the Department
Academic Degree & Title: Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor
Specialization: Russian Language and Literature
Address: Dushanbe, Student Campus, Building 10, Room 301
Phone: +992 918-72-34-62
E-mail: farzina.sotieva@mail.ru
Biography:
Born on June 20, 1983 in Dushanbe (Tajik). Graduated from Tajik National University (Faculty of Russian Language and Literature) in 2007 as a philologist, teacher of Russian language and literature. Currently serves as Associate Professor and Head of the Department of World Literature. Author of books, a monograph, research articles, and methodological materials.
Rakhimova Robiya Dodovna
Position: Associate Professor
Academic Degree & Title: Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor
Specialization: Russian Language and Literature
Address: Dushanbe, Student Campus, Building 10, Room 301
Phone: +992 917-05-05-15
E-mail: robiya.rakhimova.62@mail.ru
Biography:
Born on July 30, 1962 in Dushanbe (Tajik). Graduated in 1984 from the Tajik State Institute of Languages named after S. Ulugzoda (now Tajik State University of Languages) with a degree in philology, teacher of Russian language and literature. Currently serves as Associate Professor at the Department of World Literature. Author of books, a monograph, research articles, and methodological materials.
Khasanova Olmakhon Akramovna
Position: Senior Lecturer
Specialization: Russian Language and Literature
Address: Dushanbe, Student Campus, Building 10, Room 301
Phone: +992 937-00-34-08
E-mail: khasanova_olga_55@mail.ru
Biography:
Born on June 27, 1965 in Kanibadam (Uzbek). Graduated in 1990 from Tajik State University named after V.I. Lenin (now Tajik National University) with a degree in philology, teacher of Russian language and literature. Currently serves as Senior Lecturer at the Department of World Literature. Author of scholarly articles and methodological materials.
Dilrabo Odilkhodja
Position: Assistant
Specialization: Russian Language and Literature
Address: Dushanbe, Student Campus, Building 10, Room 301
Phone: +992 888-87-03-70
E-mail: dilyacha1994@list.ru
Biography:
Born on June 10, 1994 in Kulob (Tajik). Graduated in 2018 from the Russian-Tajik (Slavonic) University, Faculty of Russian Language and Literature, with a degree in philology, teacher of Russian language and literature. From 2018 to 2020, was a PhD doctoral student at the Department of World Literature. Currently serves as Assistant at the Department of World Literature. Author of books, research articles, and methodological materials.
Hikmatova Rukhshona Karimdzjonovna
Position: Assistant at the Department of World Literature
Degree, Academic Title:
Specialization: Russian Language and Literature
Address: Dushanbe, Student Campus, Building 10, Room 301
Phone: +992 919-11-02-71
E-mail: rukhshona.khikmatova@mail.ru
Biography:
Born on September 17, 2001, in Dushanbe (Tajik nationality). Holds a higher education degree. In 2019, entered Tajik National University (TNU), Faculty of Russian Philology, majoring in Philology, Teacher of Russian Language and Literature. In 2023, was admitted to the Master’s program. The first year of Master’s studies was completed at Ufa University of Science and Technology (Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan) under the double degree program 1+1.
Currently, works as an Assistant at the Department of World Literature.