Tamara Nizhnikova

Tamara Nikolayevna Nizhnikova (Тамара Мікалаеўна Ніжнікава, Тамара Николаевна Нижникова; 9 March 1925 – 15 February 2018) was a Soviet and Belarusian opera singer.

Born in Samara, Nizhnikova attended the Moscow Conservatory before joining what later became National Opera and Ballet of Belarus. Prior to her retirement in 1976, Nizhnikova was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour, and named a People's Artist of the USSR. She later received the Order of Friendship of Peoples, and the Order of Francysk Skaryna.