VALEYEV Damir Zhavatovich

VALEYEV Damir Zhavatovich (2.1.1940– 28.5.2002), philosopher, public figure. Corre­ sponding member of the AS RB (1991), Doctor of Philosophy (1984), Professor (1987). His re­ search is devoted to ethics, federalism and sov­ereignty, and to the history of public thinking in Bashkortostan. Collector of Bashkir folklore in the Argayashskiy district of the Chelyabinskaya oblast (region). Recorded one of the versions of the song “Iremel”. Author of more than 130 research papers devoted to epics “Ural-Batyr”, “Akbuzat”, legends and fables, folk songs, and other genres of Bashkir folklore. One of the originators of the Bashkir ethnic center “Ural”.