Shoista Mullodzhanova

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Shoista Mullodzhanova (born 1925 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan) is a famous^{[citation needed]} Bukharian Jewish Shashmakom singer.

She was born in Dushanbe, Tajikistan to a family of a Bukharan Jews and was the youngest of all her siblings. She came from a family full of entertainers (actors, singers, and musicians), so singing was in her blood.

Through the years, she sang Shashmakon music all over the Soviet Union and made a wonderful living with her husband. She was named the "People's Artist of Tajikistan."^{[citation needed]} She has become very successful through the years and one of the most famous entertainers in Central Asia and in the Bukharan community. Even though Jews were treated unfairly in Central Asia, Shoista's talent brought her wealth and fame in a communist country.

In the early 1990s, Shoista and her family began to move from Central Asia, to the United States and some family members moved to Israel because of the Collapse of the Soviet Union. There was war in Tajikistan, so they moved out to go to another country for a better life. Shoista came to the United States. She and her family settled in Forest Hills in Queens, New York.

Shoista still sings sometimes in family events.