Family and roots

Family history

The family of Tokhir Rafailyevich Tukhtarov.

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The dotted line connects Roza to her grandfather Iskander; the intermediate branch is not specified

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Parents

Rafail Abdulayevich Tukhtarov

Tokhir's father, Rafail Abdulayevich Tukhtarov, was born in Tashkent on 12 December 1956. He worked as a plumber and had previously been involved in sport.

Elmira Ravilyevna Tukhtarova

Tokhir's mother, Elmira Ravilyevna Tukhtarova, née Fayzulina, was born in Tashkent on 2 March 1959. She worked as a seamstress.

Paternal grandparents

Abdulla Akhmedovich Tukhtarov

Tokhir's paternal grandfather, Abdulla Akhmedovich Tukhtarov, was Rafail's father. His parents were Akhmed Tukhtarov and Makhinur Abdurakhmanovna.

Abdulla Akhmedovich spent his entire working life at an aircraft factory in Tashkent. After retiring, he lived at home. He died at 68.

Roza Tursunovna Tukhtarova

Tokhir's paternal grandmother, Roza Tursunovna Tukhtarova, née Iskanderova, was Abdulla Akhmedovich's wife.

Roza Tursunovna was a homemaker. Family recollections say she died from diabetes at a young age, probably before forty.

Grandfather Abdulla's ancestors

Akhmed Tukhtarov

Tokhir's great-grandfather Akhmed Tukhtarov was Abdulla's father. According to family accounts, he was a Uyghur from China and lived to a hundred. His patronymic is not yet known.

Makhinur Abdurakhmanovna Tukhtarova

Tokhir's great-grandmother Makhinur Abdurakhmanovna Tukhtarova, née Tukhtayeva, was Abdulla's mother. She was a Tatar from Orenburg. Family recollections put her age at death at approximately 96–97.

Akhmed and Makhinur lived in a private residential neighborhood on the outskirts of Tashkent.

Makhinur had twelve children. According to family accounts, ten died from malaria during the war. Two survived: Abdulla and his brother Makhmud.

Grandmother Roza's ancestors

Medifa

Roza's mother, Tokhir's great-grandmother, was named Medifa. She too came from Orenburg. Thus the mothers of both grandfather Abdulla and grandmother Roza originated there.

Iskander

Roza's grandfather was named Iskander. According to family accounts, he lived in the Sukok mountains.

The family's journey

Tokhir was born in Tashkent, on Lisunov Street in the Khamza district. When his father received an apartment, the family moved to a new building on 40 Years of Victory Street.

In 1992, the family moved from Tashkent to Stepanovka in the Perevolotsky district of the Orenburg region.

In 2000, Tokhir moved to Kazan, and in 2016 to Moscow.

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