Dmitri Zakharovich Protopopov (4 October 1897 – 3 March 1986)[1] was First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan from April 1938 to August 1946. He was a member of the Communist Party since 1917.[2] He was twice awarded the Order of Lenin.[2][3] He was an ethnic Russian, born in Kostyonki, Voronezh Oblast.
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- ↑ "Протопопов Дмитрий Захарович". http://perta.ru/person/protopopov_dmitriy_zaharovich/. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "ПРОТОПОПОВ Дмитрий Захарович - ЦентрАзия". http://www.centrasia.ru/person2.php?&st=1093968811. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ↑ Neimatullo Safarov, Victor Novikov (2000). "Leaders of Tajikistan in XX-th century (1924–2000)". UNEP/GRID. http://enrin.grida.no/htmls/tadjik/soe2/eng/htm/presid.htm. Retrieved 2006-08-11.
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