Khanifa Iskandarova

Khanifa Sirazhevna Iskandarova (; ; 20 March 1928 – 4 September 2020) was a Soviet and Russian educator who taught biology from 1955 to 1991. She taught at the Meshchegarov Secondary School, the Turnalinskaya School and the Maloyazskaya Secondary School. Iskandarova was a deputy of the eighth and ninth convocations of the Soviet of the Union of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union from 1970 to 1979 and was elected a member of the Committee of Soviet Women on three occasions. She was named a Hero of Socialist Labour, a People's Teacher of the USSR and was a recipient of the Order of Lenin.

Early life and education Iskandarova was born in the village of Arkaulovo, Mesyagutovo, Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (today the Salavatsky District, Bashkortostan) on 20 March 1928. She was part of a family of teachers and was Baskhir. Iskandarova's seven years of education at the village elementary school ended in 1942 and she began working as an accountant on a collective farm. She enrolled at the Mesyagutovskoye Pedagogical School (renamed to the Bashkir Mesyagutovskoye Teachers' Institute and today called the Mesyagutovskoye Pedagogical College) in 1944 before going on to the Ufa Pedagogical Institute (today the ).

Career She began her teaching career in 1949. Iskandarova worked as a biology teacher at the Arkaulovskaya Secondary School in the Salavat District, Bashkir ASSR. She was the leader of a young naturalist's club and equipped the biology laboratory. In 1968, she was an delegate to the first All-Union Congress of Teachers following a lengthy and rigorous selection process. Iskandarova was later to be a delegate to the 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1971. She was elected to the Committee of Soviet Women as a member on three occasions.