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KRUGLYASHOVA Vera Petrovna
KRUGLYASHOVA Vera Petrovna (24.8. 1923–26.10.2001), folklorist, philologist. Doctor of Philology (1977), Professor (1978). Her research is devoted to the non-fairytale folk prose of the mining districts of the Urals and the problems of field folklore. Author of more than 50 research papers. The materials...
KRASNY YAR
“KRASNY YAR”, Russian historical and cultural center, public organization, branch of the House of Peoples’ Friendship. It was created in 1998 in the village Krasny Yar of Ufa district of the RB in order to preserve and revive the rites, folklore, and folk crafts of the Russian people. Russian culture...
KOKHAV
“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...
KOROTAYEVA Larisa Valeryevna
KOROTAYEVA Larisa Valeryevna (b. 1.1. 1974), linguist. Candidate of Philology (2005). Her scientific works are devoted to the dialectology, lexicology of the Chuvash language, calendar ceremonies and holidays of the Chuvash people. Author of more than 165 research papers. Project Manager of the Russian...
KONDRATYEV Mikhail Grigoryevich
KONDRATYEV Mikhail Grigoryevich (b. 9.8.1948), musicologist, folklorist. Doctor of Art History (1995), Professor (1998). His research is devoted to the study of rhythm in Chuvash folk and professional music, the formation of the ethnic school of composers, and the art heritage of Chuvash ethnic music...
CONGRESS OF THE TATARS
“CONGRESS OF THE TATARS” i n B a s h k o r t o s t a n, an NGO established in Ufa in 1997. The C. Organizes the regional contest of folk bands “Let’s sing!”, regional music contest “Two Swans” dedicated to F.Y. Kudasheva and B.M. Gaysin, etc. Cooperates with the Tatar ethnic Cultural Autonomy, the Tatar...
KOMISSAROV Guriy Ivanovich
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
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...
LULLABY
“LULLABY”, Bashkir ethnic song, uzun-kuy. The legend and a variant of the song were first registered by K.M. Diyarov in 1972 in Kugarchinskiy District from M. Suleymanova and published in the book “Sal Uraldyn Mondary” (1988). The song is lyrodramatic. According to the legend, it was composed by a...
KOLPAKOVA Natalya Pavlovna
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...
KODRU
“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...
KOBLAN-BATYR
“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...
KOBZAR, choir
“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
“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...
KIREY MERGEN
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....
KEREMET
KEREMET (from Arabic “karamat” – miracle) 1) is the main deity of the lower world, an antipode of the Godcreator. He is the younger brother of the God cast down from the heaven for being proud. According to Mari legends, before the earth was created K. used to swim in water looking like drake. By the...
KAKHYM-TURYA
“KAKHYM-TURYA”, Bashkir ethnic song, uzunkuy. First registered by S.G. Rybakov in the Temyasovo village of Orskiy District (Baymak District, BR) from quaray player Birgali and singer Abdrakhman Uzyanbaev, published in the book “Music and songs of the Ural Muslims and their household description”. The...
KAKHKAKHA
KAKHKAKHA (from Persian – sarcastically laughing) is an evil demon in Bashkir mythology. K. is the tsar of snakes able to turn into anything, a character of the “Ural-batyr” epic. He has a magical wand which helps him to summon natural catastrophes. He and his son Zarkum try to destroy Ural-batyr. When...
KAF-TAU
KAF-TAU (Kaf mountain) is the highest mountain at the edge of the world in Bashkir mythology; it is the abode of evil demons (azhdakha, diyu, pyariy,s etc.) or a border between human and demon worlds. According to belief, clouds take azhdakha to K.m to keep him from turning into yukha. “Dandanbatyr”...
KATIL
KATIL (from Arabickiller) is the character from the “Ural-batyr” epic. He is a cruel and bloodthirsty tsar, whose lands are covered with the bones and blood of people; a black raven is his banner’s symbol (according to Bashkir and some other beliefs, the raven is a symbol of death). His appearance...
