Nurkhon
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Nurkhon Nurkhon Yulacheva, was a young Uzbek
dancer born in Margilan
, a city in Fergana Province
in eastern Uzbekistan
. She was one of the first Uzbek female dancers to perform without the traditional Islamic veil
. Nurkhon was a colleague of Tamara Khanum
, another pioneering dancer in Uzbekistan of Armenia
n origin.
Nurkhon was murdered by her own brother in 1929 for allegedly having dishonored her family by dancing in front of the public.
After her death she was honored by the authorities of the USSR as a courageous Soviet role model
. A statue of Nurkhon was built and placed in Margilan, but it was taken down shortly after the disestablishment of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991. A monument to a young woman representing the feminine emancipation struggle was considered not convenient for post-Soviet times in Uzbekistan. In the city of Ferghana there is a cinema that still bears her name though, the “Nurkhon” cinema.
Nurkhon became the heroine of a Soviet musical play by Kamil Yashin in Stalin times.
Uzbeks
The Uzbeks are a Turkic ethnic group in Central Asia. They comprise the majority population of Uzbekistan, and large populations can also be found in Afghanistan, Tajikstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Pakistan, Mongolia and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China...
dancer born in Margilan
Margilan
Margilan is a city in Fergana Province in eastern Uzbekistan. It is located at latitude 40°28' 16 N: longitude 71°43' 29 E. at an altitude of 487 meters....
, a city in Fergana Province
Fergana Province
Fergana Province is a viloyat of Uzbekistan, located in the southern part of the Fergana Valley in the far east of the country. It borders the Namangan and Andijan Provinces of Uzbekistan, as well as Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. It covers an area of 6,800 km2...
in eastern Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
. She was one of the first Uzbek female dancers to perform without the traditional Islamic veil
Hijab
The word "hijab" or "'" refers to both the head covering traditionally worn by Muslim women and modest Muslim styles of dress in general....
. Nurkhon was a colleague of Tamara Khanum
Tamara Khanum
Tamara Khanum 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....
, another pioneering dancer in Uzbekistan of Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
n origin.
Nurkhon was murdered by her own brother in 1929 for allegedly having dishonored her family by dancing in front of the public.
After her death she was honored by the authorities of the USSR as a courageous Soviet role model
Role model
The term role model generally means any "person who serves as an example, whose behaviour is emulated by others".The term first appeared in Robert K. Merton's socialization research of medical students...
. A statue of Nurkhon was built and placed in Margilan, but it was taken down shortly after the disestablishment of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991. A monument to a young woman representing the feminine emancipation struggle was considered not convenient for post-Soviet times in Uzbekistan. In the city of Ferghana there is a cinema that still bears her name though, the “Nurkhon” cinema.
Nurkhon became the heroine of a Soviet musical play by Kamil Yashin in Stalin times.