USMANOV Abubakir Nurianovich

USMANOV Abubakir Nurianovich (24.4. 1910–13.6.1982), historian, folklorist. Candidate of History (1960). His research is devoted to the history of the accession of Bashkortostan to Russia, the participation of Bashkirs in the Patriotic War of 1812 and the Peasant War of 1773–75. Author of more than 70 research papers. Collected, studied, and published materials on Bashkir folklore; U. compiled the collections of legends and ethnic songs “Bashkir Horsemen in the Patriotic War of 1812” (1944), fairy tale “Bashkir Folk Tales” (1952), etc. In the book “Salavat-Batyr” (1945), U. published Russian and Bashkir legends about Salavat Yulayev.