Name Tamara Khanum | ||
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Died 1991, Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
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Tamara Khanum (1906–1991) was an Uzbek dancer of Armenian origin, notable for being the first Uzbekistani woman to perform publicly and without a veil. Tamara Khanum was a colleague of ill-fated Uzbek dancer Nurkhon.
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Born Tamara Petrosyan in Margilan, Russian Empire, she grew up in the Fergana Valley. Khanum showed interest in dance as a child, performing Uzbek folk songs and dances.

Khanum's dancing had a profound effect on American writer Langston Hughes, who in a 1934 article, "Tamara Khanum: Soviet Asia's Greatest Dancer," praised Khanum for her performances and for breaking cultural taboos by appearing on stage.

The house museum of Tamara Khanum was created in 1994.

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