Turgun Azlarov

Turgun Rakhmatovich Azlarov was born in Tashkent on 2 August 1953. He graduated from the National University of Uzbekistan (then Tashkent State University) in 1975 and began teaching the same year in his own faculty of applied mathematics and mechanics, where he taught mathematics and computer science to students until 1988.

His later work is tied to the school classroom. He teaches mathematics and computer science at School No. 40 in the Shaykhantakhur District of Tashkent; sources give 1988 as the year he arrived in one case and 1999 in another, and in 2013 he was honoured as a teacher of this school. Azlarov is regarded as the author of the textbook on the basics of informatics and computing technology for grades 8 and 9, and in 2002 the ministries responsible for higher and secondary specialised education and for public education named him author of the best textbook and teaching literature of the year.

His state honours include the Shuhrat Medal in 1999 and the honorary title People's Teacher of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2008. On 22 August 2013 a decree of President Islam Karimov conferred on him the title Hero of Uzbekistan, citing his service to the country's independence, his many years of selfless work and his contribution to the patriotic upbringing of young people.