Hanifa Mavlianova

Hanifa Muhiddinovna Mavlianova (Tajik: Ҳанифа Мавлонова, Russian: Ханифа Мухиддиновна Мавлянова) (30 January 1924 – 24 October 2010) was a soprano opera and concert singer, born in Leninabad, Tajikistan. She was made a People's Artist of the Soviet Union in 1968. She was also a Professor of music from 1978 and served as a Deputy of the Supreme Soviet.

After the Civil war in Tajikistan intensified, Hanifa moved to Moscow where she lived the last years of her life. She succumbed to death after a long illness and died in a Moscow hospital. Her body was then transported back to Tajikistan and she was buried in Dushanbe.

References

• www.centrasia.ru (Google English translation)

Persondata
Name	Mavlianova, Hanifa
Alternative names	Mavlyanova, Hanifa
Short description
Date of birth	30 January 1924
Place of birth	Leninabad, Tajikistan
Date of death	24 October 2010
Place of death	Moscow, Russian Federation