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Museum · Jizzakh
Hamid Olimjon and Zulfiya Museum
A museum opened in 2017 in Jizzakh's Khoja Nuriddin madrasa of 1902, telling the lives of Hamid Olimjon and Zulfiya, two leading names in Uzbek poetry.
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About the museum
Hamid Olimjon (1909–1944) was born in Jizzakh and became one of the foremost Uzbek poets of the 20th century; his wife Zulfiya (1915–1996) was named People's Poet of Uzbekistan. The museum opened on 3 November 2017 in the 16 cells of the restored Khoja Nuriddin madrasa, built in 1902.
Exhibits include the earliest photograph of Hamid Olimjon, household objects and pottery, a model of the poet's home, manuscripts, photographs and Zulfiya's decorations. In the courtyard stand a statue of Olimjon by Sh. Akhtemov (1970), one of Zulfiya by Bahrom Norboyev (2017) and a sculpture of the pair reading poems to each other.
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