Röstäm Yaxin

Soviet-Tatar composer (1921–1993)

Röstəm Möxəmmətxaci ulı Yaxin (Tatar: Рөстәм Мөхәммәтхаҗи улы Яхин, Russian: Рустем Мухаметхазеевич Яхин, romanized: Rustem Mukhametkhazeyevich Yakhin; 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

• Məxəbbət cırı (Мәхәббәт җыры / Песнь любви, Pesn lyubvi)
• Işanam (Ышанам / Верю, Veryu)
• Bezneñ ənilər (Безнең әниләр / Наши матери, Nashi materi)
• Aq cilkən (Ак җилкән / Белый парус, Belyi narus)
• Dulqınnar (Дулкыннар / Волны, Volny)
• Kitmə, Sanduğaç (Китмә, сандугач / Не улетай, соловей, Nye uletay, solovey)
• Kerim əle urmannarğa (Керим әле урманнарга / Войду я в лес, Voydu ya v les)
• Küñelemdə yaz (Күңелемдә яз / В душе весна, V dushe vesna) ^[1]

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

References

1. "Яхин Рустем Мухаметхазеевич".
2. "Рустем Яхин — биография композитора".