Azimov, Sadyk Azimovich

Born November 7, 1914 in Tashkent in an enlightened family. His grandfather (on the maternal side) Olim-kozi was a judge of the city of Tashkent, his brother, Olima-kozi - Abduvakhid Kariev ( Kora domla) was a deputy of the Second State Duma in St. Petersburg. Avaz-ota (paternal grandfather) was a large landowner (possession of Sarykul). Having lost his father early, he remained the only breadwinner. In the family: a sick mother, two younger sisters, a younger brother.

In the years 1936-40. - Student of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics SAGU. After graduation, he worked in the Pamir expedition to study cosmic rays. In 1948 he entered graduate school, soon defended his Ph.D., then - doctoral dissertation (1955, Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow). Scientific adviser: academician V.I. Wexler.

In 1954, at the initiative of S. Azimov, a department of nuclear physics and cosmic rays was created at Tashkent State University, whose head he remained until the end of his life. In 1956, a Government Resolution was published on the establishment of the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Academy of Sciences in Tashkent. Solving organizational issues, financial issues, the design task of construction, the very choice of a land plot for construction, search and recruitment, etc. Three academics actively participated in this multifaceted activity: U. A. Arifov , S. V. Starodubtsev, S. A. Azimov (Director of the Physicotechnical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR) ^[2] .

Since 1956, S. Azimov became deputy. Director, in 1962 he was elected director of the Institute of Nuclear Physics. Under his leadership, a department of high-energy physics was created here, methods of bubble chambers and nuclear photoemulsions were mastered. The scientific school of high energy physics, headed by S. A. Azimov, has received wide recognition thanks to the work on the study of elastic hadron scattering, inelastic diffraction of pions on nuclei, the open specific diffraction dissociation of protons, and the study of inelastic interactions of particles and nuclei with nuclei. In 1964, the phenomenon of narrowing of the diffraction cone in elastic proton-proton scattering was discovered, the general structure was established, and the mechanisms of the processes of multiple particle formation were determined.

Under the leadership of S.A. Azimov began and successfully completed the construction and launch of the observatory in Kumbel, the launch of the cyclotron, neutron generator, and the launch of the building for the production of helium.

In the 70s, realizing the prospects for the development of environmentally friendly renewable energy sources, he initiated the creation of a Large Solar Furnace. In the early 80s, he seeks approval of the project and leads the construction of an innovative facility near Tashkent (Parkent). In 1988, the construction was successfully completed, the solar furnace was put into operation. This large-scale facility will be named later. ^{[by whom? ]} "the swan song of the Soviet empire."

On November 12, 1988, at the party conference, the idea and the very creation of a new object were sharply criticized, because the party elite did not realize the relevance of alternative energy sources. Academician S.A. Azimov died of a broken heart at the time of the report. He was buried in the alley of scientists of the Chagatai cemetery in Tashkent.

In 2002, he was posthumously awarded the Order of Buyuk Hizmatlari Uchun ^[3] .

• Grandfather - Olim-kozi, judge of Tashkent ^[4] ;
• The brother of Olima-kozi - Abduvahid Kariev - deputy of the II State Duma (St. Petersburg);
• Spouse - academician Rakhim Aminov (historian);
• Daughter - Shahnoz Azimova - Professor, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, lab. molecular genetics;
• Daughter - Dinora Azimova - Professor, Doctor of Philosophy, screenwriter, translator;
• Son - Bakhodyr Azimov, entrepreneur;
• Son - Rustam Azimov , General Director of NKEIS "Uzbekinvest".

The author of various scientific works, among them ^[5] :

• Azimov, Sadyk Azimovich. Kinetic phenomena in polycrystalline films of lead and bismuth chalcogenides / S. A. Azimov, Sh. B. Atakulov; Repl. ed. M. S. Saidov; Ferghana State Pedagogical Institute named after Ulugbek. - Tashkent: Fan, 1985 .-- 105 p.
• Azimov, Sadyk Azimovich. Inelastic collisions of high energy particles with nucleons and nuclei / S. A. Azimov, T. S. Yuldashbaev; Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Phys.-Tech. S.V. Starodubtseva. - Tashkent: Fan, 1974. - 111 p.
• Interactions of particles with nuclei at high energies / Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Phys. Institute of them. S.V. Starodubtseva; ed. S. A. Azimov. - Tashkent: Fan, 1981. - 262 p.
• Azimov, Sadyk Azimovich. Silicon-lithium nuclear radiation detectors / S. A. Azimov, R. A. Muminov, S. Kh. Shamirzaev, A. Ya. Yafasov; Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Phys. institute - Tashkent: Fan, 1981. - 256 p.
• Azimov, Sadyk Azimovich; Muminov, Ramizulla Abdullaevich Silicon-lithium detectors of nuclear radiation. - Physicotechnical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR. - Tashkent: Fan, 1981.
• Potayenko, Konstantin Dmitrievich; Tikhonov, Vladimir Ivanovich; Azimov, Sadyk Azimovich . Epitaxial Hall sensors and their application. - Physicotechnical Institute named after S.V. Staroduptseva, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR. - Tashkent: Fan, 1986.

• Sadyk Azimovich Azimov / M. S. Saidov; Comp .: K.G. Gulamov, R.A. Muminov, L.I. Selivanova. - Tashkent: Fan, 1984. - 71 p. ^[6]
• Hramov Yu. A. Azimov, Sadyk Azimovich // Physicists: Biographical Reference / Ed. A.I. Akhiezer . - Ed. 2nd, rev. and add. - M .: Nauka , 1983 .-- S. 8. - 400 p. - 200,000 copies. (per.)