Roziya Zaripovna Karimova (born March 18, 1916, in Kazan, Russian Empire — March 15, 2011, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan) was a Soviet and Uzbek ballet artist, singer, actress, choreographer, performer of Uzbek folk dances, art historian, scholar, and writer.
In 1937, for her performance of folk dances during the Moscow Arts Decade, she was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor.
In 1942, for her performances in the operas "Davron ata", "Меч Узбекистана", "Leyli and Majnun," and "Gulsara," she was given the title of Honored Artist of the Uzbek SSR.
[4][5] During the Great Patriotic War, as part of the artists from Uzbekistan, she performed concerts in hospitals and on the front lines for the Red Army soldiers.
[1][3][2] In 1943, as part of a group of Uzbekistan's masters, she participated in a solemn concert in front of the heads of the anti-Hitler coalition, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin in Tehran.