Röstäm Yaxin

Röstäm Yaxin (full name in Tatar: Яхин Рөстәм Мөхәммәтхаҗи улы, pronounced [ˈjɑçin rœsˈtæm mœxæˌmætxæˈʑɪ uˈɫɯ]; Russian: Я́хин Русте́м Мухаме́т-Хазе́евич, romanized: Jáhin Rustém Muhamét-Hazéjevič; 1921 – 1993) was a Tatar composer and pianist. People's Artist of the USSR (1986). Major works: orchestra with piano concerto (1950–1952), ballet Fidai (1987), fortepiano and viola concertos, more than 300 songs and romances. Yaxin is also an author of Hymn of the Republic of Tatarstan. Röstäm Yaxin was a laureate of the Ğabdulla Tuqay Tatar ASSR State Prize in 1959.