Raziä Kärimevä

Roziya Zaripovna Karimova (born March 18, 1916, in Kazan, Russian Empire — March 15, 2011, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan) was a Soviet and Uzbek ballet artist, singer, actress, choreographer, performer of Uzbek folk dances, art historian, scholar, and writer. She was awarded the title of People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR in 1950.

Biography She was born in 1916 in the city of Kazan of the Russian Empire in the family of a Tatar merchant. She was an artist of this theater through her entire creative career.

In 1937, for her performance of folk dances during the Moscow Arts Decade, she was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor. In 1939, for her artistic service to the workers of the Great Fergana Canal, she was awarded the "Medal for Labor Valor". In 1942, for her performances in the operas "Davron ata", "Меч Узбекистана", "Leyli and Majnun," and "Gulsara," she was given the title of Honored Artist of the Uzbek SSR. In 1951 and 1959, she was awarded the Medal "For Distinguished Labour".

Awards and titles Honored Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1942) State Hamza Prize (1983) Order of the Badge of Honor (31 May 1937) Medal "For Distinguished Labour" (6 December 1951 and 18 March 1959) "El-yurt hurmati" ordeni (27 August 1998)