Sabzajon Shoismoilova (; 10 May 1923 – 2001) was a

Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...

i singer and actress of the

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

era. Shoismoilova was born in

Rushon Rushon (, , , Pamiri: Ręxon) is a town and the seat of Rushon District of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region in southeastern Tajikistan. The town with aglomeration has a total population of 6,577 (2015).Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region Gorno-Badakhshan, officially the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region in eastern Tajikistan, in the Pamir Mountains. It makes up nearly forty-five percent of the country's land area but only two percent of its popul ...

, and began her career performing with a number of different of amateur groups, beginning in 1936. In 1940, she joined the company of the Drama Theater in

Khorugh Khorog ( ), also Khorugh ( ) or Kharagh ( ), is the capital of Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan. It is also the capital of the Shughnon District of Gorno-Badakhshan. It has a population of 30,500 (2020 ). Khorog is above sea level in the Pamir M ...

. Members of the troupe visited

Dushanbe Dushanbe is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 1,564,700, with this population being largely Tajiks, Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe, and from 1929 to 1961 as St ...

in 1946, and she remained behind, continuing her career in the capital. Over the course of her career she performed more than 200 different roles; among those for which she received the most acclaim were Borsulton in ''The Golden Village'' by Mirsaid Mirshakar and her performance in '' Guilty Without Fault'' by

Aleksandr Ostrovsky Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (; ) was a Russian playwright, generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period. The author of 47 original plays, Ostrovsky "almost single-handedly created a Russian national repe ...

. Shoismoilova was a singer as well, performing Tajikistani folk songs and the work of Tajikistani composers, as well as pieces written by other Soviet musicians. She received a number of awards during her career, including the

Order of the Badge of Honour The Order of the Badge of Honour () was a civilian award of the Soviet Union. It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding achievements in sports, production, scientific research and socia ...

, twice, as well as a variety of other medals. In 1971, she was named a

People's Artist of the Tajik SSR People's Artist of the Tajik SSR (Народный артист Таджикской ССР), is an honorary title awarded to citizens of the Tajik SSR in the Soviet Union. It is awarded for outstanding performance in the performing arts, whose me ...

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1923 births 2001 deaths Date of death missing Place of death missing 20th-century Tajikistani women singers People from Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region People's Artists of Tajikistan Soviet stage actresses Tajikistani stage actresses {{Tajikistan-bio-stub