Zubrak Sara

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Sara Zubrak was the leader of a work team in the "Hakikat" collective farm in the Syrdarya district, Tashkent region, Uzbek SSR. She was born in 1922 in the Orhei county. In the early post-war years, she worked in the "Hakikat" collective farm (Hakikat village), in the Syrdarya district, Tashkent region. In this collective farm, led by Kurban Mullaev, an extensive socialist competition was held among cotton cultivation teams. Sara Zubrak led a team of cotton growers within Sapar Halmatov's brigade, which increased the harvest of "white gold" (cotton) year by year. For the results of her work in 1947, she was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour, and for the rich cotton harvest of 1948 – the Order of Lenin. In 1950, her team obtained a harvest of 74.7 centners of cotton per hectare, over an area of 6 hectares. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 24, 1952, for obtaining a high cotton yield on irrigated land in 1950, Sara Zubrak was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labour, and was presented with the Order of Lenin and the gold medal "Hammer and Sickle". In the following years, the team led by her continued to hold the leading position among the cotton growers of the "Hakikat" collective farm, which, from 1952, was led by chairwoman Nazira Yuldasheva. From 1973, she became a pensioner with personal status of union importance. Later, she moved from the village of Hakikat to the city of Tashkent, the capital of the Uzbek SSR. Distinctions: • Two Orders of Lenin (02.08.1949; 24.04.1952) • Order of the Red Banner of Labour (27.04.1948) • Various medals, including "For Valour in Labour" (19.06.1952).