Röstäm Yaxin

Röstäm Yaxin
Рөстәм Яхин Рустем Яхин
Gravestone in Kazan.
Born	16 August 1921 Kazan, TASSR, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Died	23 November 1993 Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia

Röstäm Möxämmätxaci ulı Yaxin (16 August 1921 – 23 November 1993) was a Tatar composer and pianist, People's Artist of the USSR (1986). Author of more than 300 songs and romances, including the State Anthem of the Republic of Tatarstan. Röstəm Yaxin was a laureate of the Ğabdulla Tuqay Tatar ASSR State Prize in 1959.

Notable works

His notable works besides the State Anthem of the Republic of Tatarstan include:

• "Love Song"
• "I Believe"
• "Our Mothers"
• "White Sail"
• "Waves"
• "Don't Fly Away, Nightingale"
• "I'll Enter the Forest"
• "Spring's in My Soul"

Personal life

He was married to Halima Zakirovna Tazetdinova (1923–2004). The couple had no children.

Awards

• Order of the Red Banner of Labour
• Order of the Badge of Honour
• Medal "Veteran of Labour"
• Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
• Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
• Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
• Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
• People's Artist of the USSR
• People's Artist of the RSFSR
• Honoured Artist of the RSFSR