Mamlakat Nakhangova
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Mamlakat Akberdyevna Nakhangova (Tajik: Мамлакат Оқбердиевна Наҳангова, Russian: Мамлака́т Акбердыевна Наха́нгова; 1924 — 2003) was a Soviet cotton picker,[1] member of the Stakhanovite movement,[2] and the youngest recipient of the Order of Lenin (1935).[3]
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| Мамлакат Оқбердиевна Наҳангова | |
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| Born | April 6, 1924 Shakhmansur, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 2003 (aged 78-79) Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
| Education | Candidate of philological sciences |
| Alma mater | Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute |
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| Awards | Order of Lenin — No. 1327 |
During World War II she participated in a peace conference in London.[4]
Nakhangova was a Soviet philologist, a candidate of philological sciences; and Associate Professor of the Tajik State Pedagogical University. From 1970-1977, she was the head of the department of foreign languages of the medical institute in Dushanbe.[5][6]
She was the heroine Mirzo Tursunzoda's poem The Sun of the Country.[7][8]
She was married and had two children, a daughter named Roxana and a son named Alisher.[9][10]