Tamara Khanum

Tamara Khanum
Տամառա Պետրոսիան
Born
Tamara Artyemi Petrosyan

(1906-03-29)March 29, 1906
Novy Margilan, Fergana Oblast, Russian Empire
DiedJune 30, 1991(1991-06-30) (aged 85)
Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Occupation(s)Dancer, choreographer, ballet instructor
AwardsStalin Prize
People's Artist of the USSR
Order of Lenin

Tamara Khanum (March 16, 1906 [O.S. March 29]  June 30, 1991, born Tamara Artyemi Petrosyan) was a dancer, singer, actress, and choreographer. She was honored as a People's Artist of the USSR in 1956 and received the Stalin Prize, second degree, in 1941.