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Tamara Khanum (Tamara Artyomovna Petrosyan) was born on 29 March, 1906 in Novy Margilan, Fergana Oblast, Russian Empire, is an Armenian dancer (1906–1991). Discover Tamara Khanum's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?

Popular As Tamara Artyomovna Petrosyan
Occupation Dancer, choreographer, ballet instructor
Age 85 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 29 March 1906
Birthday 29 March
Birthplace Novy Margilan, Fergana Oblast, Russian Empire
Date of death 30 June, 1991
Died Place Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Russia

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1896

First Husband - Muhitdin Kari-Yakubov (1896-1957): He was a theatrical figure and a baritone singer.

1906

Tamara Petrosyan was born on March 16 (29), 1906, in Margilan (now Fergana region, Uzbekistan) (according to other sources, in the village of the Gorchakovo railway station of the Margilan city council).

She was of Armenian nationality.

1919

From 1919, she performed as part of an Agi brigade under the leadership of Hamza Niyazi.

1921

In 1921-1922, she worked as an actress at the Tashkent Russian Opera and Ballet Theater named after Sverdlov.

1922

In 1922, she enrolled in the Tashkent Ballet Company and began dancing in semi-professional concert groups led by the first Uzbek artists Yatym Babadzhanov, Abrar Khidoyatov, and Ali Ibrahimov.

1924

In 1924, she graduated from the Central Technical School of Theatrical Arts (CETETIS) (now GITIS) in Moscow.

From 1924 to 1928, she was a soloist in the concert group of M. Kari-Yakubov (from 1926 - concert-ethnographic ensemble, from 1928 - musical-experimental ensemble).

1925

From 1925 to 1929, she performed in the musical-drama theaters of Samarkand, Kokand, and Andijan, where she played the roles of Shirin ("Farhad and Shirin" by Khurshid), Gulchehra ("Arshin mal alan" by U. Gadzhibekov), and Halima ("Halima" by G. Zafari).

Tamara Khanum toured internationally, visiting countries such as France (1925), England (1935), Poland (1948), China (1953), Norway (1953), Indonesia (1957), Czechoslovakia (1959), Germany, Iran, Italy, Turkey, India, Mongolia, Pakistan, and more.

She was among the first to showcase Uzbek art abroad at the World Exhibition of Decorative Arts (Paris, 1925).

1928

Daughter: She was a theatrical artist and was married to T. T. Salahov (1928-2021), who held the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1973.

Second Husband - Pulat Rahimov: He was a composer.

1929

From 1929 to 1934, she worked at the Samarkand Musical-Drama Theater (from 1931 - in Tashkent, reorganized into the Uzbek Musical-Drama Theater).

She played a role in the development of the National Ballet Theater.

From 1929 to 1934, she was a soloist and one of the organizers of the Uzbek Musical-Drama Theater in Samarkand (from 1931 - in Tashkent), created on the basis of the musical-experimental ensemble from 1939 - the State Uzbek Opera and Ballet Theater (now the Navoi Opera and Ballet Theater).

She led the dance group at the theater.

1933

In 1933, she participated in the organization of the ballet studio at the Uzbek Musical-Drama Theater (later - the Uzbek Republican Ballet School, from 1947 - the Uzbek Choreographic School, now the Tashkent State Higher School of National Dance and Choreography).

1934

In 1934-1935, she was one of the organizers, ballet master, dancer, and pedagogical repetiteur of the Khorezm Regional Musical-Drama Theater (now named after Agakhi) in Urgench.

In 1934, she played the role of Indra in the ballet "Ferengi" by B. K. Yanovsky.

1935

She also participated in the 1st World Festival of Folk Dance (London, 1935).

1936

From 1936 to 1941, she was a soloist and choreographer at the Uzbek Philharmonic and the State Uzbek Opera and Ballet Theater.

For forty-five days, she sang, danced, and worked as a builder on the Big Fergana Canal.

As an elderly person, she traveled to Irkutsk to work on the construction of the Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station.

He held the title of People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR in 1936.

1937

She was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR since 1937 and from 1948.

1941

From 1941 to 1969, she was an organizer, artistic director, ballet master, and soloist of the musical ensemble of the Uzbek Philharmonic.

She combined her artistic activities with extensive agitational work and took an active part in the movement for the emancipation of Muslim women.

During the war years, she actively participated in front-line brigades, gave over 1000 concerts, received the Stalin Prize for her contribution to the defense fund, and donated funds for the construction of airplanes and tanks.

She was a member of the Communist Party (Bolshevik) from 1941.

1944

In 1944, she performed concerts for Central Asian workers mobilized to work in Chelyabinsk and Molotov regions.

1956

She was honored as a People's Artist of the USSR in 1956 and received the Stalin Prize, second degree, in 1941.

1991

Tamara Khanum (real name: Tamara Artyomovna Petrosyan; March 16 (29), 1906, Margilan, Fergana Region, Russian Empire - June 30, 1991, Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR) was a Soviet, Uzbek dancer, singer, actress, and choreographer.

She passed away on June 30, 1991, in Tashkent, and was buried in the Chigatai Cemetery.

Tamara Khanum was a reformer of the Uzbek female dance style, and she extensively studied the folk songs and dances of various cultures worldwide.

She created a genre known as the song-and-dance miniature.

In her programs, "Songs and Dances of the Peoples of the USSR" and "Songs and Dances of the Peoples of the World," she performed more than 500 songs in 86 languages, along with choreographic compositions and dances from various cultures.

Her performing arts were known for the special expressiveness of her facial expressions and gestures referred to as "поющие руки".

Among the dances she performed were Uzbek dances like "катаугон", "кари наво", "кешауюн", "пиля" and pila, as well as the Khorezm suite, including "дил хроук" and "садр" among others.

She also played a role in creating the libretto for the first Uzbek ballet, "Gulandom," by E. G. Brusilovsky, and she performed in her own productions.