Sadíqova Sara Ğarif qızı (pronounced ) Sara Sadíqova (Sadıyqova); Tatar Cyrillic: Садыйкова Сара Гариф кызы; ; 1 November 1906 – 7 June 1986) was a

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actress, singer (

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), and composer. Honoured Artist of

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(1937), People's Artist of Tatar ASSR (1977), Honoured Worker of Culture of the Russian SFSR (1984). From 1938–1948 she was a soloist of Musa Cälil Tatar Opera and Ballet Theatre. Sara performed parts in operas and musical comedies including ''Saniä'', ''Qaçqın'' (''Runaway''), ''Ğäliäbanu'', ''Başmağım'' (''My Slippers''), ''İldar'', musical dramas ''On Qandır'', ''The Employer''. She is the author of many song and musical comedies ''Mäxäbbät cırı'' (''The Song of Love'') (1971), and ''Kiäwlär'' (''Sons-in-law'') (1972) in collaboration with R. Ğöbäydullin. Sara Sadíqova is a laureate of the Ğabdulla Tuqay Tatar ASSR State Prize (1990, after her death). She was born as Bibisara Sadíqova on November 1, 1906 in

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. She graduated from a famous school for girls and entered a teachers' training college. In 1921 Bibisara performed her first part in the musical charity performance ''Buydaq'' (''The Bachelor''). One of the college's teachers, Tatar composer Soltan Ğäbäşi, sent her to the

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, where she studied from 1922 to 1928. In 1934–1938 she worked at the Tatar Opera Studio within Moscow Conservatory. In 1930–1934 Sara Sadíqova worked in the troupe of the Tatar Academic Theater. She performed one of the first Tatar operas ''Eşçe'' (''The Worker'') in the 1930s. In 1942 Sara started to compose songs, creating the

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''The Expectation'' on lyrics of A. Yerikeyev. Her favorite styles were the tango and

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. She composed more than 400 popular songs as well as music for 30 plays. Sara Sadíqova died on 7 June 1986 and was buried at the Memorial Yaña-Tatar Bistäse (Novotatarskoye) cemetery.

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