Veli Mukhatov

He was also twice a member of the Supreme Soviet.

Veli Mukhatov studied at Moscow Conservatory. The recorded working language is Russian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera. Positions recorded include deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Works named in the authority record are National anthem of Turkmenistan and Anthem of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic. Distinctions recorded are Hero of Socialist Labour, People's Artist of the USSR, Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.

• Name — Welimuhammet Muhadow • Birth Name — Velimuhammet Muhadov • Alias — Veli Muhadov • Born — 5 May 1916 • Birthplace — Bagyr, Transcaspian Oblast, Russian Empire (now Turkmenistan) • Died — 6 January 2005 • Place of death — Ashgabat, Turkmenistan • Genre — Classical • Occupation — Composer

Muhadow studied music from 1929 to 1933 at a boarding school in Ashgabat. Beginning in 1936 he began studies in the Turkmen Department of the Moscow Conservatory. His most prominent works include the opera "End of the Bloody Watershed", the symphonic poem "My Homeland", the symphony "In Memory of Magtymguly", and his 1944 composition of the national anthem of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic. Muhadow's studies were interrupted in 1941 by the outbreak of World War II in the Soviet Union. Muhadow returned to Ashgabat and joined the Red Army, assigned to the 99th Rifle Division, which saw combat in the Don River basin. He was demobilized in 1943 and returned to Ashgabat to the position of choir director of the Opera and Ballet Theater. This period was marked by composition of a series of patriotic songs. After the war, Muhadow collaborated with Russian composer Adrian Shaposhnikov to compose the comic opera "Kemine and Kazy". In 1946 he returned to the Moscow Conservatory to resume study of composition, and during this period wrote "Cantata on the Communist Party" and "Turkmen Suite". This last work earned him the USSR State Prize in 1951. Muhadow's dissertation composition was the symphonic poem "My Homeland". Over Muhadow's career, he composed over 200 songs, including "Parahatlyk uçin" ("For Peace"), "Nebitçiniň aýdymy" ("Song of the Oilworker"), "Garagumyň gülleri bar" ("Karakum Blooms"), and "Lenin hakynda aýdym" ("Song About Lenin"). Beginning in 1951 he served as a member of the board of directors of the USSR Composers Union, and additional periodically served as a member of the committees for award of the Lenin Prize and USSR State Prize, deputy chair of the Turkmen SSR State Prize committee, and board member of the USSR-Indonesia Society. He was a deputy of the fourth and fifth sessions of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.