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In 1941, Burhanov began contributing to the Tajik Cinema. Among

his contributions is: Az Gang to Kreml (From the Ganges to the
Kremlin, 1975).
He also dubbed Lenin's speeches into Tajiki in Odami Miltighdor
(Man with a Rifle), Lenin dar Soli 1918 (Lenin in 1918), and a number
of other films. Beginning in 1972, Burhonov began teaching his art at
the State Institute for Dramatic Arts.
In 1965, he became a People's Artist of the Soviet Union. Burhonov
received a number of awards both at the local (Tajik) and the all Union
levels including the Order of Lenin, three Orders of the Badge of
Honor, and the Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of
Tajikistan. Burhonov died in Dushanbe in December 1997.
Burhonov, Muzaffar
Tajik ballet artist Muzaffar Aslievich Burhonov was born on July 3,
1941, in Dushanbe.
Son of Asliddin Burhonov, he graduated first from the Leninabad
Academy of Choreography in 1961 and later from the Moscow State
Institute of Ballet in 1970. In 1961, he became the soloist and Ballet
Master of the Aini Theater for the Academy of Opera and Ballet.
Burhonov is a talented artist; there is something new and fresh in
each of the characters that he creates. He participated, alongside Malika
Sobirova, in the International Festival of Ballet Artists in Bulgaria, in
1964, a performance that garnered them a silver medal. The roles he
created include Borband in Korsar (Karsar), by Adan, 1961; Shohzoda
Zigfrid in Kuli Quvon (Swan Lake), by P. Tchaikovsky, 1962; Lenin in
Bo Rohi Ra'di Ghurron (On the Way of the Raging Thunder), by Q.
Qaroev, 1963; Zafar and Qodir in Afsonai Kuhsor (The Legend of the
Highlands) and Pisari Vatan (Son of the Motherland), both by U. Ter-
Osipov, 1964, 1967; Avbosh in Khonum va Avbosh (The Lady and the
Rogue), by D. Shostakovich, 1967; Romeo in Romeo va Julietta
(Romeo and Juliet), by S. Prokofiev, 1968; Bazil' in Don-Kikhot (Don
Quixote), by L. Minkus; Majnun in Laili va Majnun (Layli and
Majnun), by Balasanian, 1970; Teymurmalik and Chingiz Khon in
Teymurmalik (Taimurmalik), by M. Ashrafi, 1972; and others.
Burhonov has also directed some of the above-mentioned works,
in-
cluding Pisari Vatan, Laili va Majnun, and Teymurmalik. While per-
forming these roles, Burhonov traveled to Bulgaria, Canada, Italy, Iran,
Turkey, and Mongolia.

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In 1971, he became a People's Artist of Tajikistan. He also is the re-

cipient of the Badge of Honor, and the Order of the Presidium of the
Supreme Soviets of Tajikistan, Belarus, and Ukraine. Burhonov left
Tajikistan for Poland in 1993,.