Röstäm Yaxin

Soviet-Tatar composer (1921–1993)

Рөстәм Яхин
Рустем Яхин

Gravestone in Kazan.

Born16 August 1921

Kazan, TASSR, RSFSR, Soviet Union

Died23 November 1993

Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia

Röstəm Möxəmmətxaci ulı Yaxin (Tatar: Рөстәм Мөхәммәтхаҗи улы Яхин, Russian: Рустем Мухаметхазеевич Яхин, romanized: Rustem Mukhametkhazeyevich Yakhin; 16 August 1921 – 23 November 1993) was a Tatar composer and pianist, People's Artist of the USSR (1986). Author of more than 300 songs and romances, including the State Anthem of the Republic of Tatarstan. Röstəm Yaxin was a laureate of the Ğabdulla Tuqay Tatar ASSR State Prize in 1959.^[1]

Notable works

Məxəbbət cırı (Мәхәббәт җыры / Песнь любви, Pesn lyubvi)
Işanam (Ышанам / Верю, Veryu)
Bezneñ ənilər (Безнең әниләр / Наши матери, Nashi materi)
Aq cilkən (Ак җилкән / Белый парус, Belyi narus)
Dulqınnar (Дулкыннар / Волны, Volny)
Kitmə, Sanduğaç (Китмә, сандугач / Не улетай, соловей, Nye uletay, solovey)
Kerim əle urmannarğa (Керим әле урманнарга / Войду я в лес, Voydu ya v les)
Küñelemdə yaz (Күңелемдә яз / В душе весна, V dushe vesna) ^[1]

Personal life

Married to Halima Zakirovna Tazetdinova. (1923–2004). No children.^[2]

Awards

Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of the Badge of Honour
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
People's Artist of the USSR
People's Artist of the RSFSR
Honoured Artist of the RSFSR

References

^ ^a ^b "Яхин Рустем Мухаметхазеевич".
^ "Рустем Яхин — биография композитора".

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