Abror Hidoyatov

Abror Hidoyatov (27 August 1900 – 3 October 1958) was a Soviet, Uzbek actor of theater and cinema and a singer. He was honored with the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1945.

Biography
Hidoyatov was born on August 14, 1900 (according to other sources, December 31 ) in the Degrez Mahalla in Tashkent. At the age of ten, he learned to play the dutar and soon became a singer. He began his stage career in 1918, working in the theatrical group "Turan," led by M. Uygur (from 1919, the K. Marx Troupe, and from 1920, the Exemplary Regional Drama Troupe).

In 1927, he graduated from the Uzbek State Drama Studio at the Uzbek House of Enlightenment (later the I. V. Stalin Uzbek Institute of Enlightenment) in Moscow, where he studied under R. Simonov, L. Sverdlin, and I. Tolchanov. Graduates of this studio formed the core of the Hamza Uzbek Drama Theater. From 1927 until the end of his life, he was an actor in the Central State Exemplary Uzbek Troupe in Samarkand (from 1929, the Hamza State Uzbek Drama Theater in Tashkent, and from 2001, the Uzbek National Academic Drama Theater). He portrayed over 70 roles. He embodied on stage the finest examples of Russian, European, and Uzbek dramatic art. While being a theater actor, he performed folk songs at concerts and appeared in musical dramas and comedies. In 1936, he wrote a play titled "Avaz". He was a member of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) from 1922. Abror Hidoyatov passed away from a stroke on October 3, 1958, in Tashkent. He was buried at the Chigatai Memorial Cemetery.

Family
Hidoyatov was married to Sara Ishanturaeva (1911–1998), a dramatic actress. Like her husband, she became a People's Artist of the USSR (1951). Together, they had two sons: Gogi (1930—2015), a historian, professor, doctor of historical sciences, and Honored Scientist of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as Timur (born 1932), an architect, professor, and lecturer in various disciplines at the Tashkent Architecture and Civil Engineering Institute.

Awards

 * "People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR" (1937)
 * "People's Artist of the USSR" (1945)
 * "Stalin Prize", Second Degree (1949) - for his performance in the leading role in the play "Alisher Navoi" by Uygur and Sultanov
 * "Order of Lenin" (March 24, 1945)
 * "Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labor" (May 31, 1937 and January 16, 1950)
 * Order "For Outstanding Merit" (Uzbekistan) (2000) - posthumously

Roles in the theater
He performed more than thirty roles in theater throughout his career:


 * 1921 – "Intrigue and Love" by Friedrich Schiller – Wurm
 * 1926 – "The Government Inspector" by Nikolai Gogol – The Mayor
 * 1928 – "Zagmuk" by A. G. Glebov – Zer Sibane
 * 1929 – "Dva kommunista" by K. Yashen – Arslan
 * 1929 – "Myatej" based on D. A. Furmanov – Kokumbay
 * 1930 – "Chelovek s portfelem" by A. M. Faiko – Granatov
 * 1930 – "Vrediteli xlopka" by U. Ismailov – Aman
 * 1931 – "Istoriya zagovorila" by J. Said and N. S. Safarov – Aripov
 * 1932 – "Sojjem" by K. Yashen – Sarymsak
 * 1932 – "Maska sorvana" by Z. R. Fatkhullin – Toigbek
 * 1934 – "Razgrom" by K. Yashen – Arslan


 * 1934 – "Intervensiya" by L. I. Slavin – Brodsky
 * 1934 – "Moy drug" by N. F. Pogodin – Gai
 * 1935 – "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare – Hamlet
 * 1937 – "Lyubov Yarovaya" by K. A. Trenyov – Shvandya
 * 1939 – "Bay i batrak" by Hamza – Gafur
 * 1941 – "Othello" by William Shakespeare – Othello
 * 1943 – "Mukanna" by Kh. Alimzhan – Mukanna
 * 1945 – "Alisher Navoi" by Uygur and I. A. Sultanov – Alisher Navoi
 * "The Miser" by Molière – Harpagon
 * "Turandot (Gozzi)" by Carlo Gozzi – Calaf
 * "Ovechiy istochnik" by Lope de Vega – Frondoso


 * "Xalima" by G. Zafari – Negmat
 * "Yarkin-oy" by Chulpan – Ahmad-batyr
 * "Arshin Mal Alan" by U. Gadzhibekov – Asker
 * "Leyli and Majnun" by U. Gadzhibekov – Majnun
 * "Yeshyo raz jenyus" by Chulpan – Nasreddin
 * "Exo" by V. N. Bill-Belotserkovsky – Bob
 * "Rustam" by U. Ismailov – Rustam
 * "Farxad i Shirin" by Khurshid, based on the poem by A. Navoi-Shapur
 * "Djalaleddin" by M. Sheikhzade – Timur-Malik

Filmography
1945 – "Taxir i Zuxra" – Sardor.

Memory
In 1967, a documentary film dedicated to the life and work of the actor was released (directed by Bobo Xoʻjayev).

In Tashkent, the name of A. Hidoyatov is given to the State Drama Theater (Uzbek State Drama Theater named after Abror Hidoyatov) (1991) and One of the Streets (1986).