Young Tajik scientist killed in Ukraine

Bejan Sharofov, who fought on the side of the Ukrainian army, was killed in the war.

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Bejan Sharofov, a native of Tajikistan, Doctor of Biological Sciences, and a researcher at the O.O. Bogomolets Institute of Physiology in Ukraine, was killed on the battlefield while fighting for the Ukrainian army.

This was reported on February 8

It is reported that Bejan voluntarily joined the armed forces of Ukraine in February 2022, when Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. He went missing in April of last year. Institute staff reported that a DNA test confirmed his death.

According to the press, Bejan Sharofov moved from Tajikistan to Ukraine with his family several years ago. Bejan was the only son in the family. His mother worked as a taxi driver to provide her son with a good education.