P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Ziyo Abdullo

See Abdulloev, Ziyodullo.

Zohidova, Lutfi

Tajik ballet dancer Lutfi Zohidova was born on November 6, 1925,

in Konibodom. She joined the CPSU in 1957.

Zohidova studied at the Dushanbe Women's Pedagogical Institute.

From 1939 to 1941, she performed as a part of the Union of Workers

Ensemble in Moscow. She was accepted by the Tajik Ballet in 1941.

Her first performance was in Ihtiyotkorii Bihuda (Futile Caution), by

P. L. Gertel. During the 1940s and 1950s she was a soloist in theater.

During this time she performed some of her most important roles, in-

cluding Maria in Favvorai Boghchasaroi (The Rose Garden Fountain),

by B. Asafiev; Odetta in Kuli Quvon (Swan Lake), by P. I. Tchaikovsky;

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