Röstäm Yaxin

Röstəm Möxəmmətxaci ulı Yaxin (Рөстәм Мөхәммәтхаҗи улы Яхин, Рустем Мухаметхазеевич Яхин; 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

 * Məxəbbət cırı (Мәхәббәт җыры / Песнь любви, Pesn lyubvi)
 * Işanam (Ышанам / Верю, Veryu)
 * Bezneñ ənilər (Безнең әниләр / Наши матери, Nashi materi)
 * Aq cilkən (Ак җилкән / Белый парус, Belyi narus)
 * Dulqınnar (Дулкыннар / Волны, Volny)
 * Kitmə, Sanduğaç (Китмә, сандугач / Не улетай, соловей, Nye uletay, solovey)
 * Kerim əle urmannarğa (Керим әле урманнарга / Войду я в лес, Voydu ya v les)
 * Küñelemdə yaz (Күңелемдә яз / В душе весна, V dushe vesna)

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