P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Toshmuhammadov, Feliks

Tajik actor, director, and playwright Feliks Mastibekovich

Toshmuhammadov was born in Khorugh, Badakhshan, on December

21, 1926. He joined the CPSU in 1960.

Toshmuhammadov graduated from the Dushanbe Studio Theater and

the advanced directorial course of the Leningrad Music and Theater In-

stitute in 1951. In 1957, he studied at the Moscow State Institute for

Dramatic Arts. Between 1957 and 1962, he was the Director of the Rus-

sian Drama Theater Named After Mayakovskii. From 1963 to 1968, he

was the Head of the Artistic Division of the Ministry of Education of

Tajikistan, from 1968 to 1971, he was Chief Director. In 1971, he again

became Director of the Russian Drama Theater Named After

Mayakovskii.

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Toshmuhammadov 's best creations include Bejihoz (Without a

Dowry), by A. Ostrovskii; Khonadorshavi (Getting Married), by N.

Gogol'; Soati Burji Kreml (The Kremlin Tower Clock ) and Sadoqat

(Truthfulness), by N. Pogodin; Hakimi Buzurg (The Great Philosopher),

by S. Ulughzoda and V. Vitkovich; and others. His contribution in print

is entitled Obrozi Lenin dar Teatrhoi Tojikiston (The Image of Lenin in

the Theaters of Tajikistan). It was published in 1960.

Toshmuhammadov became a Distinguished Artist of Tajikistan in

1963. He was the recipient of the Honorary Order of the Presidium of

the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan, as well as several other medals.