1 ruble 1991, Soviet Union, Alisher Navoi proof

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Alisher Navoi (9 February 1441 - 3 January 1501) was a Central Asian Turkic politician, mystic, linguist, painter, and poet. He was the greatest representative of Chagatai language literature. He is widely considered as the founder of the Uzbek language and literature. Alisher Navoi was born and lived in Herat. He is generally known by his pen name Navā'ī. Because of his distinguished Chagatai language poetry, he is considered by many throughout the Turkic-speaking world to be the founder of early Turkic literature. Many places and institutions in Uzbekistan and other Turkic countries are named after Alisher Navoi. Navoiy Province, the city of Navoiy, the Alisher Navoi Opera and Ballet Theatre, and Navoiy Airport - all are named after him. Many of Nava'i's ghazals have become popular Uzbek folk songs, especially by Sherali Jo'rayev, and his works have been staged as plays by Uzbek playwrights.