Shoista Mullodzhanova Uzbek O’zbek Шоиста Муллоджанова Узбекская

The great Bukharian Jewish legendary singer, Shoista Rubenovna Mullodzhanova (Mullojonova) was one of the greatest female singers in the history of Tajikistan, Central Asia and the USSR. Her work was so renowned that she received many state awards such as Honored and People’s Artist of the Tajik SSR, the Order of Lenin (one of the highest awards in the USSR), Order of Red Banner of Labor and Badge of Honor. Due to the unique power and beauty of her voice she was known in the USSR as the “Nightingale of the