Roza Sabiryanovna Akkuchukova (russian: Роза Сабирьяновна Аккучукова, ba, Роза Сабирйән ҡыҙы Аҡкучукова; 12 February 1950 – 8 February 2021) was a Russian and Bashkir pop singer.
She started singing in 1973 and became the Director of the ''Bashkir State Philharmonic Society'' in 1997. In 2009, she was honored as a ''People's Artist of the Republic of Bashkortostan''.
Biography
Akkuchukova was born in
Abzakovo in the
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Her parents were highly respected in the Bashkir community, as many of her siblings obtained leadership positions in the government. She moved to
Ufa and attended a musical school, graduating in 1972 and becoming a professional singer. That year, she joined the Bashkir State Philharmonic Society and started touring in many cities and towns across the
Soviet Union. In 1997, she became Director of the Bashkir State Philharmonic Society, a position she maintained until her death. She also was a People's Artist of the Republic of Bashkortostan, honored in 2009.
Roza Akkuchukova died from
COVID-19 in Ufa on 8 February 2021, at the age of 70, during the
COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
The COVID-19 pandemic in Russia is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ().
The virus was confirmed to have spread to Russia on 31 January 2020, when two Ch ...
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От коронавируса скончалась народная артистка республики Роза Аккучукова
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1950 births
2021 deaths
Soviet singers
Bashkir people
Bashkir women
People from Beloretsky District
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
20th-century Russian singers
20th-century Russian women singers
21st-century Russian singers
21st-century Russian women singers
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