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HERODOTUS (ca. 484 BC – ca. 425 BC), Ancient Greek Historian. Undertook a journey through Asia Minor, North East Africa and the South East Europe in the 50–40s of the 5th century BC. He was the author of the literary work titled History describing the Greek­-Persian wars which took place in the 500–449...

HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CENTERS, public organizations, branches of the House of Peoples’ Friendship. They were established in places where ethnicities live in groups (Bashkirs, Belarusians, Latvians, Mari, Mordovians, Germans, Russians, Tatars, Udmurts, Ukrainians, and Chuvash) or in places associated...

“HISTORY OF THE BASHKIR PEOPLE”, a scientific edition in 7 volumes. Prepared in 2009 by the Institute of History, Language and Literature, as well as scholars of the Academy of Sciences of the RB, the Bashkir State University, and other institutions of the RB and the Russian Federation. Chief Editor...

HOLIDAY OF RUSSIAN SONG AND CHASTUSHKA, i n t e r r e g i o n a l. It was created in 1989 as an inter-district holiday; it became regional since 2000 and interregional since 2003. It is held in Belokatayskiy district of RB once every 2 years in order to safeguard and develop traditional Russian culture...

HOLIDAYS, COMPETITIONS, AND FESTIVALS, f o l k. In the region, a lot of attention is paid to the implementation of various H., C., and F., which contribute to the preservation of traditions, customs, and unique culture; popularization of the folklore of the peoples of Bashkortostan; the revival and...

HORROR STORY is a mythologized prose story about something horrible that happens as a result of demons' or other anthropomorphic creatures' activities or due to ordinary objects and things endowed with magical, sorcery powers. The collection and studying of H.s. in Bashkortostan was in late 20th c....

HOST-SPIRITS (In Bashkir mythology – eya) is a special category of the spirits in object of the material world. The ideas about them re­ late to the ancient layer of animistic beliefs (see Animism). The behaviors and activities of the H.­s. depend on people’s attitude to them, if they observe certain...