Zikir Muhammadjonov

Zikir Muhammadjonov
Born	(1921-01-01)1 January 1921 Tashkent, Turkestan ASSR, RSFSR
Died	23 August 2012(2012-08-23) (aged 91) Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Nationality	Uzbek
Citizenship	RSFSR → USSR → Uzbekistan
Education	Uzbekistan State Institute of Arts and Culture
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1938–2012
Notable work	Sohni Mahiwal

Zikir Muhammadjonov (Uzbek: Zikir Muhammadjonov, Зикир Муҳаммаджонов; 1921 – 23 August 2012[1]) was a Soviet and Uzbek theater and film actor. He received many high awards including the title People's Artist of the USSR in 1977, and USSR State Prize in 1977. He is recognized as a People's Artist of Uzbekistan.

Biography

Zikir Muhammadjonov was born on 1 January (according to other sources – 14 August[2]) 1921 in Tashkent. He played on the stage of the school amateur theater, where he played all the main roles. Since 1938 he was an actor of the State Uzbek Drama Theater [ru] named after Hamza. He worked in the theater until his last days. He played over three hundred roles, including Ulugh Beg, Abu-Reyhan Biruni, Ali-Shir Nava'i, Husayn Bayqarah, Amir Temur. The war prevented him from starting his studies, during which (1941–1943) he worked at an aircraft factory, in Tashkent, where he mastered plumbing.

Muhammadjonov graduated from the Tashkent State Institute of Theater Arts named after I. A. N. Ostrovsky in 1949. He studied during the day, worked in the theater in the evening.[3]

Muhammadjonov began appearing in films from 1956, and has starred in more than 40 films.[4] He dubbed a large number of films for the "Uzbekfilm" studio. He was a member of the Union of Cinematographers of the Uzbek SSR.[5][6]

Family

Muhammadjonov lived with his wife for 70 years. He had five sons, and a daughter Feruza (deceased), as well as 17 grandchildren.

Filmography

Awards

• Hero of Uzbekistan (2003)[7][8]
• Honored Artist of the Uzbek SSR [ru] (1956)
• People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR [ru] (1964)
• People's Artist of the USSR (1977)
• USSR State Prize (1977) — for playing the role of Lenin in the performance "Dawn of the Revolution"[9]
• State Hamza Prize (1989)[10]
• Order of Lenin (1986)
• Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labor (1970, 1975)
• Order Dostlik [ru] Uzbekistan (1994)[11]
• Order of Outstanding Merit Uzbekistan (1998)[12]
• Certificate of honor of the Republic of Uzbekistan [ru] (1991)

See also

• Iroda Aliyeva

References

1. CA-NEWS: Скончался известный деятель театра и кино Зикир Мухамеджанов
2. Театральная Энциклопедия
3. "Когда сбываются мечты — Новости Узбекистана в газете Zerkalo XXI". Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
4. Мухамеджанов Закир — БСЭ
5. Мухамеджанов, Закир Мухамеджанович — RuData.ru
6. "Сайт учителя русского языка и литературы Кирюхиной Светланы Викторовны · 2013 · February · 25". Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
7. УЗБЕККИНО
8. Ŭzbekiston Respublikasi Oliĭ Kengashining Akhborotnomasi = Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Soveta Respubliki Uzbekistan (1328 /8) (Ведомости Олий Мажлиса Республики Узбекистан ed.): 102. August 2003. ISSN 0206-6637. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
9. "Постановление ЦК КПСС и Совета Министров СССР О присуждении Государственных премий СССР 1977 года в области литературы, искусства и архитектуры" (PDF). Sovetskaya kultura (in Russian). No. 91. 8 November 1977. p. 5.
10. "Ўзбекистон Компартияси Марказий Комитети ва Ўзбекистон ССР Министрлар Советида" [In the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan and the Council of Ministers of the Uzbek SSR]. Sovet Oʻzbekistoni (in Uzbek). No. 257. 7 November 1989. p. 1.
11. "О НАГРАЖДЕНИИ В СВЯЗИ С 3-ЕЙ ГОДОВЩИНОЙ ПРОВОЗГЛАШЕНИЯ НЕЗАВИСИМОСТИ РЕСПУБЛИКИ УЗБЕКИСТАН". lex.uz (in Russian). 25 August 1994.
12. "О НАГРАЖДЕНИИ В СВЯЗИ С СЕМИЛЕТИЕМ НЕЗАВИСИМОСТИ РЕСПУБЛИКИ УЗБЕКИСТАН ГРУППЫ РАБОТНИКОВ НАУКИ, ЗДРАВООХРАНЕНИЯ, КУЛЬТУРЫ, ПРОСВЕТИТЕЛЬСТВА, СРЕДСТВ МАССОВОЙ ИНФОРМАЦИИ И СОЦИАЛЬНОЙ СФЕРЫ". lex.uz (in Russian). 27 August 1998.

External links

• Zikir Muhammadjonov at IMDb