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KUSELYAROVO SULPHUROUS SPRINGS
KUSELYAROVO SULPHUROUS SPRINGS, artesian mineral springs of the Kutkantau group, a natural monument (1965). Located on the left slope of the Yuryuzan River Valley. Near Selo Kuselyarovo there is the 1st (basic) group of mineral springs, naturally surfacing 25 m away from the river; to the W of there...
KURESH
KURESH, a traditional wrestling of the Bashkirs, a competition of two sportsmen holding a standing position and grappling at each other’s waist belts with both hands. The wrestler who makes the opponent lose his standing position and throws him off the feet by means of any of the permitted techniques...
GALLIFORMES
GALLIFORMES, an order of birds. There are 7 families, out of which 1 has gone extinct, and about 270 species. There are 6 species of Tetraoninae and Phasianidae families in the RB. Non‑migratory or nomadic, and rarely migratory birds of small (quail has body length up to 18 cm and body mass range of...
KURBAN-BAYRAM,
KURBAN-BAYRAM, one of the most important Muslim holidays. It begins on the day of the Hajj completion, in the Zulhidzh month’s 10th day (12th month in the Muslim’s calendar) and it lasts 3—4 days. On this day, Muslims visit the mosque, listen to Khutbahs (Sermons) dedicated to the origin and significance...
KURAY
KURAY, a wind mus. instrument of the Bashkirs. Made from the Ural rippler stem. It is a tube with a 570—810 mm length and a diameter of approx. 20 mm with 5 holes (4 holes on the front and 1 — on the back). The sound row is formed from the clutch of two pentatonic maeure inclination from the base tone...
KUNGYR-BUGA
KUNGYR-BUGA, a monumental epic work of Bashkir literature. Written in a combined poetic and prosaic form. First recorded by R.G.Ignatyev and published in 1865 in the Orenburgskiye Gubernskiye Vedomosti magazine. Various versions of the epic poem under the same name are recorded by M.A.Burangulov, K.Mergen,...
KUNGAK
KUNGAK, a zoological wildlife reserve of area 3.8 thous. ha near the Meleuz. It was organized to protect the habitat of the fresh‑water turtle and to restore the populations of valuable and rare animal species (2002). The following rare plants, included in The Red List of the RB, grow in K.: Astragalus...
KUNAFIN, Giniyatulla Safiullovich
KUNAFIN, Giniyatulla Safiullovich (b.22.11.1946 in Selo Saitbaba, Gafuriysky Raion of the BASSR), Literary Critic. Associate Member of the AS RB (2012), Dr.Sci (Philology, 1998) and Full Professor (1999). Merited Education Sector Professional of the RB (1997), Merited Scientist of the RB (2009), Merited...
KUNAKOVA, Rayhana Valiullovna
KUNAKOVA, Rayhana Valiullovna (b.9.9.1946 in Mednogorsk), Chemical Technologist. Acad. of the AS RB (2012), D.Sci. (Chemical Sciences) (1989), Full Professor (1991). Merited Scientist of the RB (1997), Merited Worker of Science and Technology of the RF (2006). After graduating from the Urals Polytechnic...
KUMERTAU AVIATION PRODUCTION ENTERPRISE
KUMERTAU AVIATION PRODUCTION ENTERPRISE, AO. Manufactures civil and military helicopters, gas equipment; delivers training of ground and flight personnel, etc. Founded in 1953 in place of the central electromechanical workshops of Bashuglerazrezstroy Trust as the Repair Mechanical Plant (manufactured...
CULTURAL AND LEISURE INSTITUTIONS
CULTURAL AND LEISURE INSTITUTIONS, provide leisure to the population and create conditions for amateur art grops. In Bashkortostan, cultural and leisure activities are developed by an extensive network of institutions, including city and district palaces of culture and rural clubs. There are libraries,...
KUNAKBAYEV, Sabirzyan Abdullovich
KUNAKBAYEV, Sabirzyan Abdullovich [29.12.1901, Derevnya Ulukulevo of Ufimsky Uyezd of the same Gubernia (Karmaskalinsky Raion of the RB) — 3.7.1996, Ufa], Breeder. Merited Acad. of the AS BSSR (1991), Candidate of Agriculture Sciences (1950). Hero of Socialist Labour (1987). Merited Agronomist of the...
KUMYS THERAPY
KUMYS THERAPY, a medical use of kumys. Kumys contains easily digested proteins, vitamins, microelements, unsaturated fatty acids and other substances that determine its therapeutic action. Bashkirs used Kumys in traditional medicine since olden times. In the middle of the 19th century the horse Kumys...
KUMYS
KUMYS, traditional fermented milk drink of the Bashkir cuisine made of mare, less often goat milk, known for its healing properties. The ferments are fermentation fungi, retained on the walls of the kumys tableware, katyk or K. of the previous production; sometimes germinated grain of wheat or a piece...
KUMERTAU
KUMERTAU, a town and railway station in the RB. Located the S of Bashkir Urals, 237 km S of Ufa. Territory — 170 km2. Population — 64.1 thous. people (2017).
The economy is comprised of mechanical engineering. In K., there are the Kumertau Aviation Production Enterprise, Bashkir Reinforcement Plant,...
KULSHARIPOV, Marat Makhmutovich
KULSHARIPOV, Marat Makhmutovich (b.7.01.1941 in Derevnya Ziryeklya of Kugarchinsky Raion of the BASSR), Historian. Merited Acad. of the AS RB (2016), Dr. of Historical Sciences (1998), Full Professor (2000). Merited Master of Sciences of the RB (2001). Awarded with the Order of Salavat Yulayev (2009)....
ANIMALS AND BIRDS CULT
ANIMALS AND BIRDS CULT, zoolatry, religious veneration based on the concept of a certain kinship between man and a totem animal or bird, endowing supernatural properties to it (ref. Totemism, Cult of ancestors). Having changed, it partially survived and found reflection in the various aspects of culture.
The...
KULMETOVO DRAWINGS
KULMETOVO DRAWINGS, an archaeological site of the Eneolithic period. It is located on the rocky outcrops of the right bank of the Ai River, 3—4 km to the west from Derevnya Kulmetovo of Kiginsky Raion. Discovered and studied in 1988 by V.N.Shirokov. It consists of three groups of on‑rock images, only...
KULMUKHAMETOV, Azamat Rakhmetovich
KULMUKHAMETOV, Azamat Rakhmetovich (b.6.8.1953 in Ufa), Diplomat. Awarded with the Order of Courage (2013). Graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (1976). Since 1978, Attache of the General Consulate of the USSR in Aleppo (Syria), since 1982, Attache, 3rd Secretary of the...
KULBAKHTIN, Nazir Murzabayevich
KULBAKHTIN, Nazir Murzabayevich (b.17.9.1941 in Derevnya Sharipkulovo of Karmaskalinsky Raion of the BASSR), Historian. Dr. of Historical Sciences (1997), Full Professor (1998). Merited Master of Sciences of the RB (2001). After graduating from the BSU (1971) and since 1979 he worked there. Between...
