va , ▁better ▁known ▁as ▁Ro zi ya ▁O z od ▁( J anu ary ▁ 1 8 , ▁ 1 8 9 3 ▁– ▁ 1 9 5 7 ) ▁was ▁a ▁T aj ik ist ani ▁poet ▁of ▁the ▁Soviet ▁era . ▁ ▁O z od ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁K hu j and ▁into ▁the ▁family ▁of ▁a ▁merchant , ▁and ▁received ▁her ▁early ▁education ▁in ▁the ▁traditional ▁schools ▁before ▁emb ark ing ▁on ▁a ▁career ▁as ▁a ▁teacher . ▁According ▁to ▁her ▁own ▁account ▁of ▁her ▁bi ography ▁as ▁told ▁through ▁her ▁poetry , ▁she ▁spent ▁the ▁entire ty ▁of ▁her ▁early ▁life ▁within ▁the ▁conf ines ▁of ▁K hu j and , ▁first ▁in ▁her ▁family ▁home ▁and ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁house ▁of ▁her ▁husband ; ▁she ▁never ▁even ▁saw ▁the ▁out sk ir ts ▁of ▁the ▁city . ▁It ▁was ▁only ▁with ▁the ▁Russian ▁Revolution ▁that ▁she ▁first ▁felt ▁truly ▁free , ▁which ▁was ▁the ▁reason ▁she ▁chose ▁" O z od " ▁as ▁her ▁tak hall us . ▁ ▁She ▁began ▁writing ▁poetry ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁compos ing ▁patri otic ▁works ▁in ▁which ▁she ▁ur ged ▁war riors ▁to ▁fight ▁on ▁for ▁the ▁mother land . ▁She ▁continued ▁writing ▁after ▁the ▁war ; ▁notable ▁works ▁include ▁Q ah ram oni ▁Od il ▁( Just ▁Champion , ▁ 1 9 4 3 ), ▁Mah abb at ▁ba ▁V atan ▁( L ove ▁for ▁the ▁Country , ▁ 1 9 4 4 ), ▁Gul ist oni ▁'