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KOMISSAROV Guriy Ivanovich (21.9.1883– 25.2.1969), educator, local historian, founder of the Chuvash folklore and literary studies, public figure. Candidate of Theology (1913). He studied the history and ethnography of the Chuvash people, collected historical, ethnographic, and folklore materials about...

KOLYADKA,  k o l y a d a,   k o l e d o v a, k o l a d n a y a s o n g is a calendar­ritual art form of the Slavic people. It is sung during Yuletide around the time of kolyadovaniye and the New Sun’s birth celebration, the symbol of which was Kolyada. K. aimed to call for a good harvest, offspring...

KOLPAKOVA Natalya Pavlovna [5(18).4.1902–8.6.1994], folklorist, writer, literary critic. Doctor of Philology (1963). Her research is devoted to the study of Russian song folklore.K. collected more than 40,000 folklore texts, including 19 wedding songs recorded in Bashkortostan, which became part of...

“KOKHAV” (“Star”) a  J e w i s h  N G O  i n  B a s h k o r t o s t a n. Established in Ufa in 1994. The successor to “Shtern” Jewish Culture Society established in 1988. Jewish Sunday school has been operating at school No. 40 in Ufa since 1991. Hebrew courses were started in “Shtern” in 1993 and continue...

“KODRU” M o l d a v i a n s   e t h n i c  c u l t u r a l  c e n t e r  i n  B a s h k o r t o s t a n, an NGO established in Ufa in 2007. Participated in the 2nd (2009; organized an exhibition of Moldavian ethnic utensils, handicraft, musical instruments) and 3rd (2015) congresses of Bashkortostan...

“KOBZAR”, Ukrainian song choir. It was established in 1991 at Ordzhonikidze Palace of Culture; since 2000 it has been the city cultural and leisure center of Ufa. In 1996, he was awarded the title “People’s” of RB; in 2017, it earned the same in Ukraine. The repertoire includes Ukrainian folk songs:...

“KOBZAR”     U k r a i n i a n  e t h n i c  c u l t u r a l  c e n t e r  i n  B a s h k o r t o s t a n, an NGO established in Ufa in 1990. Operates the Union of Ukrainian Women “Bereginya”, Ukrainian Youth Union “Plast”. Holds annual holidays Christmas, Kupala Night, festivals of Ukrainian culture...

“KOBLAN-BATYR”, a monument of Bashkir literature, epos. Was widespread among the Bashkirs, in the present day there is only one variant preserved: the copy of a record of the1920–1930s (lost) made by S. Suyundukova who lived in the Yultyevo village, Krasnogvardeyskiy District, Orenburg region. It was...

“KNITTING A SHAWL”, Bashkir ethnic song, kyska-kuy. It was first registered by S. Gabyashi and published in his “Bashkir ethnic songs” collection (Ufa, 1935). It is common round, dancing and playing takmak. It has a ternary measure structure of the chant. The takmak’s mode is a major pentatonic. The...

KIREY MERGEN [Kireyev Akhnyaf Nuriyevich (Nurmukhammetovich); 28.6.1912, Kigazytamakovo village, Birskiy district, Ufimskaya region (Mishkinskiy district, RB) – 24.1.1984, Ufa], a writer, folklorist, literary critic. Doctor of philology (1963), Professor (1966). Participant of the great Patriotic war....

KHYZYR, K h a d i r (from Arabic “green”) is a character in Muslim mythology that combines the features of different characters belonged to pre-Islamic mythologies of Middle East and aulia (spiritual struggler, who was granted protection and magical power by Allah). According to legend he found a source...

KHUSAINOVA Gulnur Ravilovna (b. 14.10.1959), folklorist. Doctor of Philology (2017). Her research is devoted to the study of genre specificity, poetics of Bashkir folk fairytales, the current state of Bashkir folklore, textology. Author of more than 300 research papers. One of the authors of the publications...

KHUSAINOV Gaysa Batyrgareyevich [10.4. 1928, Derevnya Utyaganovo of Ufimsky Canton of the BASSR (now Karmaskalinsky Raion of the RB) — 27.7.2021, Ufa, buried in his homeland]. Acadimician of the AS RB (1991), Doctor Sci (Philology, 1971) and Full Professor (1972). Graduated from the Timiryazev Bashkir...

KHUSAINOV Abubakir Davletkulovich (1.6.1859–8.8.1937), kuray player, educator, religious figure. Participant of the Russian-Turkish war of 1877–78. Kh. is a provider and collector of Bashkir folklore (recorded more than 300 ethnic songs), performed Bashkir folk songs (about 50 songs in the repertoire),...

KHUMAY is a mythological image, a Bashkir folklore character. K. is the daughter of Samrau, the tsar of the birds and the Sun in the “Ural-batyr” epic. Her mother washes her with water from the Yanshima (from Bashkir, literally-living spring) spring and she becomes immortal. She sometimes lives with...

“KHOLMICHI”, theater of spoon players of Krasnokholmskiy multifunctional rural club “Neftyanik” of Kaltasy district. Established in 1976 by N.A. Beloborodova as “Krasnokholmskie lozhkari”; the ensemble has had its current name since 2001. In 2002 it earned the title “Exemplary“; in 2015 it became an...

KHISAMITDINOVA Firdaus Gilmitdinovna (b.1.1.1950, Derevnya Rakhmetovo of Abzelilovsky Raion of the RB), a Linguist. Associate Member of the Academy of Sciences of the RB (2016), Doctor of Letters (1993), Full Professor (1994). Graduated from BSPI (1974). Her scientific research was dedicated to the...

“KHISAM”, “K h i s a m’ s  s o n g”, Bashkir ethnic song, uzun-kuy. The melody was registered by Z.G. Ismagilov from M.I. Galeeva in 1947 and published in “Bashkir ethnic songs” collection (1964). The song is lyro-epic. Presumably, the author of the song is Khisam-sesen from Muynakovo village, Userganskaya...

KHIKAYAT (from Arabic “narration” is a literature term used in Near, Middle East and South-Western Asia denoting every large prose or poetic story with a plot. The narrow meaning of the term is a minor epic genre based on a folklore plot (fairytale, legend, lore) or historical fact. Its size can be...

“KHAZINA” (“Treasure”), Bashkir folk ensemble of Uchaly Philharmonic. Organized in 1996 by honored worker of culture of the RB G.G. Kudryavtseva. In 2003 it earned the title “People’s”. The band can play dumbyra, kubyz, mandolin, Saratov squeezebox; its repertoire includes Bashkir ethnic songs, ethnic...