Hanifa Muhiddinovna Mavlianova (, ; 30 January 1924 – 24 October 2010) was a Soviet and Tajik

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and concert singer, born in Leninabad (today Khujand),

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. She graduated from the musical college in her home town in 1936. From 1943, she worked as soloist at the Ayni Opera and Ballet Theatre in

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. She furthered her studies at the Moscow State Conservatory from 1952 to 1959. Mavlianova received the

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and the

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and was granted a title of

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in 1968. She was also a professor of music from 1978 and served as a deputy of the

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. After the

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intensified, Mavlianova moved to Moscow where she lived the last years of her life. Aged 86, she died in a Moscow after a long illness. Her body was then transported to Tajikistan and she was buried in Dushanbe.

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1924 births 2010 deaths People from Khujand Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Fourth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Tajikistani operatic sopranos Soviet music educators Soviet sopranos Soviet women opera singers 20th-century Tajikistani women singers Moscow Conservatory alumni People's Artists of the USSR People's Artists of the Tajik SSR Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour {{opera-singer-stub