Röstäm Yaxin Explained

Röstäm Yaxin
Birth Date:	16 August 1921
Birth Place:	Kazan, TASSR, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Death Date:	23 November 1993
Death Place:	Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia

Röstäm Möxämmätxaci ulı Yaxin (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

His notable works besides the State Anthem of the Republic of Tatarstan include:

• "Love Song"
• "I Believe"
• "Our Mothers"
• "White Sail"
• "Waves"
• "Don't Fly Away, Nightingale"
• "I'll Enter the Forest"
• "Spring's in My Soul"

Personal life

He was married to Halima Zakirovna Tazetdinova (1923–2004). The couple had 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Яхин Рустем Мухаметхазеевич .
2. Web site: Рустем Яхин — биография композитора .