Also known as Khanum, Tamara, Tamara Petrosyan, Tamara Artyomovna Petrosyan, Petrosyan, Tamara Artyomovna
Uzbek dancer of Armenian heritage (1906-1991)
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Tamara Khanum (1906 – 1991) was an Uzbek dancer, notable for being the first Uzbekistani woman to perform publicly and without a veil. Tamara Khanum was a colleague of ill-fated Uzbek dancer Nurkhon. Born Tamara Petrosyan in Margilan, Russian Empire to an Armenian family, she grew up in the Fergana Valley. Khanum showed interest in dance as a child, performing Uzbek folk songs and dances. Khanum's dancing had a profound effect on American writer Langston Hughes <a href="https://www.last.fm/mus
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