THE FLIGHT OF THE FALCON

THE FLIGHT OF THE FALCON (Sybar Shonkar), a novel. Written  in 1997  by R.N.Baimov. This documentary-style fiction tells of the Bashkir national movement during various tragic events at the beginning of the 20th century. The author uses documentary materials extensively to recreate a historic panorama of the time: the socio-political crisis, the formation of the Bashkir army, the activities of the Bashkir government (1917—19), the first Bashkir Kurultay and others. The novel’s acting personalities come from prototypes represented by S.Babich, Y.Y.Bikbov, S.G.Mryasov, M.D.Halikov and others. The main character of the novel, A.A.Validov has a colorful multi-faceted personality. The ideological theme of the book is the rehabilitation of the Bashkir national movement. For this novel, the author was awarded the Salavat Yulayev State Prize of the RB (1997). Literary translation into Russian was done by Y.G.Aminov.