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FOLKLORE ARCHIVES
FOLKLORE ARCHIVES are the stores of expeditional, personal data of scientists and other folklore collectors. There are F.a. in the Scientific archive of URC RAS, folklore cabinet of USIA, Bashkir State University on the territory of Bashkortostan.
F.A. of BSU was founded in the 1950’s by...
ARMY
“ARMY” (“Arme”) is a Bashkir ethnic song, uzun-kuy. It was first written down by S.G. Rybakov and published in “Music and songs of the Ural Muslims and their household description”. The song is lyroepic. It is one of the most common of Bashkir musical folklore. It relates to the songs about military...
ARGYMAK
“ARGYMAK” a n e t h n i c b a n d. Established in 2009 in Ufa at the Institute of Arts (since 2015, at Bashkir Philharmonic). The works of A. are characterized by the synthesis of various schools and genres (folkrock, reggae, dubstep, trap, Nasheed, etc), ethnic melodic with modern means...
ARGUZHA
“ARGUZHA”, is a Bashkir ethnic song, uzun-kuy. The legend and poems were first written down in the 1920’s by S. Salimov and published in “Bashkort aymagy” (1929, № 7). It was recorded on phonograph in the 30’s and published in “Folklore of RSFSR peoples” (1979). The song is lyroepic. The story...
F. GASKAROV’ FOLK DANCE ENSEMBLE
F. GASKAROV’ FOLK DANCE ENSEMBLE, S t a t e A c a d e m i c B o d y o f t h e R e p u b l i c o f B a s h k o r t o s t a n. Founded in 1938 in Ufa, it was named after the founder and the first art director F.A. Gaskarov in 1988. Initially, the repertoire was based on works that reproduced...
ANIMISM
ANIMISM (from Latin anima – soul, spirit) is the belief in existence of souls and spirits, supernatural, supersensible images that appear as active objects and phenomena of the material world in religious thinking. Souls and spirits couldbeamorphous,phitomorphous,zoomorphous, anthropomorphous creatures,...
ANIKIN Vladimir Prokopyevich
ANIKIN Vladimir Prokopyevich (6.8.1924– 25.9.2018), folklorist. Doctor of Philology (1974). Honored Professor of MSU. His research is devoted to the study of the history and theory of folklore, genres of Russian folklore, and folklore in the works of Russian writers of the 19th and 20th centuries. He...
AMINEV Zakiryan Galimyanovich
AMINEV Zakiryan Galimyanovich (b. 30.1. 1954), philosopher, ethnographer. Candidate of Philosophy (2010). His research is devoted to mythology, preIslamic worldview, and traditional culture of the Bashkirs. Author of more than 200 research papers....
AMANTAY (Amantayev) Gabdulla Gareyevich
AMANTAY (Amantayev) Gabdulla Gareyevich (23.2.1907, Derevnya VerkhneKunakbayevo of Orenb. Uyezd of the same name gub. (now Selo Verkhne Kunakbay of Perevolotsky Raion of Orenb. Obl.) – 10.7.1938), Writer and Philologist. Member of the Union of Writers of the BASSR. Graduated from the Leningrad Institute...
ALYABIEV Aleksandr Aleksandrovich
ALYABIEV Aleksandr Aleksandrovich (15.8.1787–6.3.1851), Russian composer. Participant of the Patriotic War of 1812. A. laid the foundation of Russian musical Orientalism, created a number of works using elements of the musical folklore of the peoples of the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Southern Urals....
ALMUKHAMETOV Khamit Khuzhiakhmetovich
ALMUKHAMETOV Khamit Khuzhiakhmetovich, Khamitsesen [1861, Derevnya Itkulovo 2nd of Verkhneuralsky Uyezd of Orenb. Gub. (now Baymaksky Raion of the RB) – 1923, ibid.] Sesen. A distinguished performer of the Uzunkyuy on kurai and connoisseur of the Bashkir folklore (kubairs,...
ALPAMYSHA AND BARSYNKHYLU
“ALPAMYSHA AND BARSYNKHYLU” (“Alpamysha menen Barsynkhylu”), a monumental epic work of Bashkir literature. Written in a combined poetic and prosaic form. First recorded by A.G. Bessonov in Orenb. Gub. at the end of the 19th – early 20th century. Various versions of the epic poem under the title Alpamysha,...
BASHKIR CUISINE
BASHKIR CUISINE, traditionally based on the products of cattle breeding, agriculture, bee keeping, hunting, fishing and plants foraging. Bashkirs were prevailed dairy food. Cow, mare, goat, camel, and sheep’s milk was consumed. Cereals and milk soups were cooked from whole cow’s milk; it was added to...
ALPAMYSHA
ALPAMYSHA is an epic hero in Bashkir mythology. The character is central for the epics, such as “Alpamysha and Barsynkhylu” and fairytales, such as “Alpbatyr”, “Alpamysha batyr” etc. He is the child of elderly parents; grows up very fast; incredibly tall, strong and handsome. According to Bashkir...
ALDAR AND ZUKHRA
“ALDAR AND ZUKHRA” (“Aldar menen Zukhra”), a monumental work of Bashkir literature, a khikayat. Presumably, recorded by T.S. Belyaev as heard from Kunkassesen, storyteller (his name is mentioned in the acknowledgements). There is the record in the Russian language titled My Evenings. Tales of the Bashkir....
ALDAR
ALDAR (from Bashkir – deceiver) is a folklore or Bashkir household fairytale character (“Aldar and Yamar”, “Aldar and sesen”, “Bald Aldar and mullas” etc.). The image is collective, the character is dexterous and cunning, resembles Shombay image. The character embodies living ethnic wisdom, victory...
ALA‑TOO
“ALA‑TOO” t h e c e n t e r o f K y r g y z c u l t u r e i n B a s h k o r t o s t a n, a NGO established in Ufa in 2006. A member of the Union of the Kyrgyz People of Russia, World Congress of the Kyrgyz People and Fellow Countrymen, etc. Participated in the 2nd (2009) and 3rd (2015) Congresses of...
AKKHAK-KOLA
“AKKHAK-KOLA”, is a monument of Bashkir literature, epos. First written down by M.A. Burangulov in 1907 in the Ilyaskino village of Buzulukskiy District of Samarskaya region (now the Verkhneilyasovo village of Krasnogvardeyskiy District of Orenburgskiy region) from Khasan Burangulov. The variants of...
AKSAKOV HISTORY AND CULTURE CENTER
AKSAKOV HISTORY AND CULTURE CENTER, an NGO branch of the House of Peoples’ Friendship. It was established in 1998 in the village Nadezhdino in Belebeyevsky district of the RB in order to revive folk crafts of the Russian people as well as hold cultural and educational activities to safeguard and develop...
AKMECHET
“AKMECHET”, is bashkir ethnic instru mental march. It was first registered on a pho nograph by L.N. Lebedinskiy in 1939 from Ishgali Dilmukhametov. It is published in “Bashkort khalk yirdary”. The story of “A.” creation is connected with a military campaign in 1853 to the AkMechet Kokand fortress...
