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SHUNKAROV Nigmat Dinakhmetovich
SHUNKAROV Nigmat Dinakhmetovich (1.1. 1931–4.3.1994), folklorist. Author of more than 50 publications devoted to Bashkir folk music, sesen storytellers, ritual folklore, etc. Sh. penned the versions of the epic “Alpamysha and Barsynhylu”, “Babsak and Kusyak”, “Zayatulyak and Khyukhylu”, “Kuzykurpyas...
SHURALE
SHURALE is a demon in Bashkir mythology. It appears in bylichkas. It looks like a human-like creature with horns and long fingers with sharp (copper) nails or as a woman with ginger hair, hanging breasts and backward feet, or sometimes as a log or tree. It lives in forests, mountains, on the riverbanks....
GENEROUS EVENING
“GENEROUS EVENING” is a Russian song choir of the musical college in Oktyabrskiy city. It was founded in 1993, received the title “national” in 2003, in 2020 – “Honored collective of ethnic art of RB”. Artistic Director –G.B. Khisayeva. The repertoire includes authentic Russian ethnic songs from Krasniy...
YNYIKAY AND YULDYKAY
“YNYIKAY AND YULDYKAY”, Bashkir ethnic song, khalmak-kuy. The song and the legend were registered by S.G. Rybakov in 1894 from Abdrakhman Davletov in Sultanovskaya minery of Orskiy District of Orenburgskaya region (current Baymakskiy District, RB) and published in “Music and songs of the Ural Muslims...
EICHENWALD Anton Aleksandrovich
EICHENWALD Anton Aleksandrovich (13.5. 1875–1952), composer, conductor, folklorist, music and public figure. For more than 20 years, he collected Bashkir ethnic songs and tunes, as well as studied Bashkir ethnic music. More than 4,000 samples of song folklore of the peoples of the Volga region and Central...
FOLKLORE EXPEDITIONS
FOLKLORE EXPEDITIONS are scientific-research activities to collect and study folklore. The first information about the Bashkirs, their location, everyday life, religious beliefs, customs, etc. was presented in the works of Ibn Fadlan, Ibn Khordadbekh, Sallam Tardzheman, etc. Ethnic and social stratification,...
EPIC
EPIC B a s h k i r, folklore is a heroic narrative about the past. It tells about the whole picture of ethnic life and harmonious unity of the world and heroes. The main sources for the E. formation are myths, stories about the first ancestors (see also Cultural hero). Epics were classified by Kirey...
ERVEL MARIY
“ERVEL MARIY” (“Eastern Mari”) M a r i e t h n i c c u l t u r a l a u t o n o m y i n B a s h k o r t o s t a n, a NGO established in Ufa in 1989. Has branches and departments in local Mari communities. Annually holds the Inter-Regional Eastern Mari ethnic dance contest “Silver Cord”,...
SQUADRON
“SQUADRON”, Bashkir ethnic song, khalmak-kuy. It was registered by G.Z. Suleymanov from Kharis Khakimov in 1929 in the 2nd Trukhmenevo village, Zilairskiy canton BASSR (now 2nd Turkmenevo, Baymakskiy District, RB). The lyrics are published in “Bashkir ethnic art” (1st v., 1954). The lyrics and noted...
YULAY and SALAVAT
“YULAY and SALAVAT”, a monument of Bashkir literature, epic. It has poetic and prose form. Was registered in the beginning of the 20th c. by M.A. Burangulov from Gabit-sesen. The main theme is the struggle of Bashkir people against national and colonial oppression. The epic has 2 chronologically arranged...
YULDASHEV Robert Nazhipovich
YULDASHEV Robert Nazhipovich (b.9.7. 1971, Ufa), quaray player. National artist of RB (2012) Graduated from USIA (2000). Organized the quaray ensemble in Orenburgskaya region, Gafuriyskiy district, RB. Founded and headed “Kuraysy” ethnic band (since 2006). He is a master of virtuous techniques of kuray,...
YULDYBAYEVA Gulnar Vildanovna
YULDYBAYEVA Gulnar Vildanovna (b.28.12. 1976, Saitbaba village, Gafuriyskiy district, BASSR), folklorist. Candidate of Philology (2006). Graduated from BSU (1999). Scientific activity aims to study poetics of Bashkir epics, condition of modern Bashkir folklore. Wrote and compiled “Modern folklore of...
YULUEV Batyrgarey Gabdulmukhametovich
YULUEV Batyrgarey Gabdulmukhametovich (18.8.1861–1915), ethnographer, local historian. He was a researcher of folklore, ethnography of Bashkirs; collector of legends, fables, etc. In the work “On Ethnography of Bashkirs” (1892), he described the wedding rites of the South-Eastern Bashkirs....
UNESCO
UNESCO, an intergovernmental organization. Founded in 1945. The headquarters is located in Paris. It incorporates 193 member-states (2019), including the Russian Federation (1954). Main areas of activity: research in the field of education, science, culture and communications; knowledge exchange; preparation...
YURTOV Avksentiy Filippovich
YURTOV Avksentiy Filippovich (8.2.1854– 20.4.1916), educator, teacher, folklorist, ethnographer. Yu. collected and studied folklore and ethnographic materials in the Mordovian villages of the Ufa, Simbirsk, and Samara guberniya provinces, which were published in the 2 issues of “Samples of Mordovian...
YUKHA
YUKHA, is an evil demon in Bashkir mythology. It appears in bylichkas, fairytales, such as “Yukha”, “Yulbat”, prose version of “Ural-batyr version etc.According to belief, a 500-1000-year-old azhdakha turns into Y. (azhdakha usually does not reach the age of Y. as it could take him to Kaf-tau mountain)....
YAIK
YAIK is a character of the “Ural-batyr” epic, the eldest son of Ural-batyr, born by Katil’s daughter. His mother sends him to Ural-batyr and gives him 4 batyrs revived by living water to be his company. Y., his brothers and their father defeat Kakhkakha, Shulgan and their adherents. He carves the mouth...
YALSYGUL
“YALSYGUL”, Bashkir ethnic song, kyska-kuy. The song was registered by L.N. Lebedinskiy from I.S. Dilmukhametov in 1939 and published in the “Bashkort khalk yirdary” collection by G.Z. Suleymanov. It is an optimistic song of a worker called Yalsygul. “Y.” melody is based on a major pentatonic and resembles...
YAMALETDINOV Mavletbay Baygildeevich
YAMALETDINOV Mavletbay Baygildeevich (b. 5.3.1947), writer, translator, kuraist. Folk sesen (2018). Ya’s repertoire includes the classical pieces uzun-kui, kubairs. Author of the novel “The Circle” (2006), devoted to Kubagush-sesen. Based on Old -Turkic written sources, Ya. created a dastan (epic) “Kul-Tegin”;...
YAMANTAU
“YAMANTAU” (“Ominous mountain”, “The evil mountain”), Bashkir ethnic song, uzun-kuy. It was registered by N.D. Shunkarov from Mugalim Mirkhaydarov in 1960 in Askarovo village, Abzelilovskiy District BASSR and published in the “Bashkir ethnic art. Songs.” collection (1st book, 1974). The...
