Yadgar Sadykovna Nasriddinova
Ядгар Садыковна НасриддиноваUzbek SSR figure who chaired the Soviet of Nationalities
In a meeting with Crimean Tatar civil rights activists, she openly opposed their return to Crimea, bluntly stating that Uzbekistan needed their labor.
Rising from the Uzbek republic leadership, she chaired the Soviet of Nationalities. Her career shows the link between central power and republic elites under Brezhnev.
Career timeline
- 1940s–1950sRises through Uzbek Komsomol, party and state administration
- 1959–1970Chairwoman of the Uzbek SSR Supreme Soviet Presidium
- 1970–1974Chairwoman of the Soviet of Nationalities, reaching a high post in central federal representation
- 1974Leaves office amid Uzbek leadership changes and political pressure
- after 1974Moves away from the center of official politics