Background
DAVLETSHIN, Farrakh was born on February 24, 1887 in village Staryy Urtay, now Bash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Son of a peasant.
DAVLETSHIN, Farrakh was born on February 24, 1887 in village Staryy Urtay, now Bash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Son of a peasant.
Orphan from age of eight. Worked for estate-owners and as laborer at Ural plants. 1916 blinded as a result of industry accident.
Began to compose songs. During the Civil War satirized estateowners and speculators.