Tamara Nikolaevna Nizhnikova (russian: Тамара Николаевна Нижникова; 9 March 1925 – 15 February 2018) was a Belarusian opera singer. Born in

Samara Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with ...

on 9 March 1925, Nizhnikova attended the

Moscow Conservatory The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (russian: Московская государственная консерватория им. П. И. Чайковского, link=no) is a musical educational inst ...

before joining what later became

National Opera and Ballet of Belarus The National Academic Grand Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus ( be, Нацыянальны акадэмічны Вялікі тэатр оперы і балета) is located in a park in the Trinity Hill district of Minsk. Loc ...

. Prior to her retirement in 1976, Nizhnikova was awarded the

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to th ...

, and named a

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significan ...

. She later received the

Order of Friendship of Peoples The Order of Friendship of Peoples (russian: oрден Дружбы народов, translit=orden Druzhby narodov) was an order of the Soviet Union, and was awarded to persons (including non-citizens), organizations, enterprises, military unit ...

, and the

Order of Francysk Skaryna The Order of Francysk Skaryna ( be, О́рдэн Францы́ска Скары́ны) is an award of Belarus. It is named after Francysk Skaryna, one of the first book printers in Cyrillic script. Order of Francysk Skaryna is a single level awar ...

.Соболезнования в связи со смертью народной артистки СССР Тамары Нижниковой /Сайт Президента Республики Беларусь, 17.02.2018/
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1925 births 2018 deaths Soviet women opera singers Musicians from Samara, Russia Recipients of the Order of Francysk Skaryna Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples People's Artists of the USSR Moscow Conservatory alumni Soviet sopranos {{Opera-singer-stub