Davlat Khudonazarov (
Russian
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and tg, Давлат Худоназаров, fa, دولت خداینظرف) (1944-, in
Khorugh
Khorugh ( tg, Хоруғ, ; russian: Хорог, translit=Khorog; ) is the capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) in Tajikistan. It is also the capital of the Shughnon District of Gorno-Badakhshan. It has a population of 30,50 ...
,
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region
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,
Tajik SSR
The Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic,, ''Çumhuriji Şūraviji Sotsialistiji Toçikiston''; russian: Таджикская Советская Социалистическая Республика, ''Tadzhikskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Resp ...
) is a Tajik
filmmaker
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,
politician
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and
human rights
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activist.
Political career
Khudanazarov was a prominent filmmaker when he was elected
People's Deputy from
Tajikistan
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to the
Supreme Soviet of the USSR
The Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( rus, Верховный Совет Союза Советских Социалистических Республик, r=Verkhovnyy Sovet Soyuza Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respubl ...
in 1988. He was elected as chairman of the Soviet Union of Cinematographers in 1989. He was the chief peace-negotiator between the army and the demonstrators in the February 1990
Dushanbe riots
The 1990 Dushanbe riots were an anti-government unrest in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, from February 12–14, 1990.
History
In 1988, in the aftermath of the Sumgait pogrom and anti-Armenian riots in Azerbaijan, 39 Armenian refugee ...
. In contrast to
Kakhar Makhamov, the then president of Tajikistan who supported the August 1991 Coup in
Moscow
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, Khudonazarov was one of the organizers of the counter-coup resistance. He ran against
Rahmon Nabiev in the
presidential elections
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in November 1991 as the candidate of the opposition coalition. In the election Khudonazarov was supported by
Pamiris
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,
Gharmis
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and
urban elites. He received 35% of the popular vote. Khudonazarov worked as a peacemaker during the
Tajik Civil War
The Tajikistani Civil War ( tg, Ҷанги шаҳрвандии Тоҷикистон, translit=Jangi shahrvandiyi Tojikiston / Çangi shahrvandiji Toçikiston; russian: Гражданская война в Таджикистане), also known ...
(1992–1996). In 1994–95 he was Peace Fellow at the
United States Institute of Peace
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, and Galina Starovoitova Fellow in Human Rights and Conflict Resolution at
Kennan Institute
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of the Woodrow Wilson Center in 2005.
Filmography
He has filmed many movies and documentaries as a director and cinematographer:
* ''
V talom snege zvon ruchya'' (1982)
* ''
Yunosti pervoe utro'' (1979)
* ''
The Song of the Little Road'' (2003)
See also
*
Politics of Tajikistan
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CNN Interview with Davlat Khudonazarov*
Living people
1944 births
Pamiri people
Tajikistani documentary filmmakers
Soviet film directors
Tajikistani film directors
Tajikistani activists
Democratic Party (Tajikistan) politicians
Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni
People from Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region
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