Shukur Burkhanov Explained

Shukur Burkhanov
Birth Date:	15 September 1910
Birth Place:	Tashkent, Russian Empire (present-day Uzbekistan)
Death Place:	Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality:	Soviet
Occupation:	Actor

Shukur Burkhanov (15 September 191015 August 1987) was a Soviet and Uzbek stage and film actor. He is recognized as a People's artist of the USSR.

Burkhanov was born and grew up in Tashkent (then part of the Russian Empire) in a strict Muslim family. In order to join the Uzbek drama theatre, which was founded in the 1920s, he had to leave home because his family's orthodox religious beliefs forbade acting.^[1]

At the time Uzbek theatre was still in its infancy. In 1930 he received training at the Moscow Art Theatre, which he credited as enabling him to play classic roles such as Romeo, Hamlet, and Oedipus.

Burkhanov was involved in Uzbek cinema from its very inception. The Uzbekfilm studio typecast him as a rebel who challenged the old order and traditions.

In the early 1970s he was the subject of a documentary, People's Artist Shukur Burkhanov, narrated by fellow actor Boris Andreyev.

Awards

Order of the Red Banner of Labour (25 March 1945)^[2]
Order of the Badge of Honour (6 December 1951)^[3]
People's Artist of the USSR (18 March 1959)^[4]
Two Orders of Lenin (18 March 1959^[5] and 31 December 1970)^[6]
State Hamza Prize (1964)^[7]
Order of the October Revolution (1980)
Order of Outstanding Merit (22 August 2001)^[8]

Notes and References

1983 . The hundred roles of Shukur Burkhanov . . 323 . 57. Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics . 19 August 2013.
News: Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О награждении орденами и медалями работников Узбекского ордена Ленина академического театра драмы имени Хамза. Sovetskoe iskusstvo. 29 March 1945. 13. 1.
News: Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О награждении орденами и медалями работников литературы и искусства Узбекской ССР. Sovetskoe iskusstvo. 8 December 1951. ru. 1.
News: 19 March 1959 . Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О присвоении почетного звания народного артиста СССР работникам искусств Узбекской ССР . Pravda Vostoka . 1 . ru . 65.
News: СССР Олий Совети Президиумининг Фармони Ўзбекистон ССР санъати ва адабиёти ходимларини СССР орденлари ва медаллари билан мукофотлаш тўғрисида. Qizil Oʻzbekiston. 19 March 1959. 65. uz. 1.
News: СССР Олий Совети Президиумининг Фармони СССР халқ артисти Ш. Бурҳоновни Ленин ордени билан мукофотлаш тўғрисида. Sovet Oʻzbekistoni. 3 January 1971. 2. uz. 1.
News: 14 November 1964. В комитете по республиканским премиям имени Хамзы Хаким-заде при совете министров Узбекской ССР «О присуждении премий имени Хамзы Хаким-заде за наиболее выдающиеся произведения в области литературы и искусства» . From the Committee for Republican Prizes named after Hamza Hakim-zade under the Council of Ministers of the Uzbek SSR "On the awarding of the Prizes named after Hamza Hakim-zade for the most outstanding works in the field of literature and art" . . 2 . ru . 265.
News: 23 August 2001 . Указ Президента Республики Узбекистан О награждении посмертно мастеров литературы и искусства, внесших огромный вклад в развитие узбекской национальной культуры . Narodnoe slovo . 1 . ru . 165.