Tamara Khanum (1906–1991) was an Uzbek dancer of Armenian origin, notable for being the first woman in Uzbekistan to successfully perform publicly and without a veil. Tamara Khanum was a colleague of ill-fated Uzbek dancer Nurkhon Yuldasheva, who was murdered in an honor killing for taking off her veil onstage.
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1906 Margilan, Fergana Oblast, Russian Empire
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1991 (aged 84) Tashkent, Uzbek SSR
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