Awards
She won many awards and titles in her career including the prestigious "People's Artist of the Republic of Tajikistan" and "Merited Artist of the USSR". In addition to being a People's Artist and Merited Artist, she received the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Patriotic War, the Order of the Red Banner of Labour, two Order of the Badge of Honour, four medals (including the Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"), and the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan and other republics. She had a seven decade career in music, from 1941 until her death in 2010. Mullojonova was a founder of contemporary Tajik music and was often referred to as "Queen of Shashmakom Music", "Daughter of Tajikistan" and "Nightingale of the East".
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