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KULUMBETOV Valiulla Faizullovich
KULUMBETOV Valiulla Faizullovich (1881–1964), poet-improviser. He collected the samples of Bashkir folklore, historical, and ethnographic materials. K. recorded the legend “The Song of Salavat to His Wife”, the kubair “With Pugachev’s army he merged...” by Salavat Yulayev etc, as well as poems by M....
KULUY‑CANTON
“KULUY‑CANTON”, “K o l i y - c a n t o n”, Bashkir ethnic song, uzun-kuy. First registered in the 1920s (the author is unknown), published in several variants in the magazine called “Soviet music” (1951, № 3). The song is lyrodramatic. Named after Mukhametkuluy Kuchukov, the head of a canton. The...
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,...
KURAY
KURAY, a Bashkir wind instrument. It is made from the stem of the Ural ribbearing plant. It is a tube 570–810 mm long and about 20 mm in diameter with 5 holes (4 holes on the front, 1 on the back). The main scale is diatonic; the range is about 3 octaves. The sound occurs when one blows air into the...
KUTUZOV
“KUTUZOV”, Bashkir ethnic march song. The origin of the song is connected with military cooperation of the Bashkirs and Russians during the War of 1812. The song is named after Kutuzov, a warlord. The warlord in the song epitomizes the power of Russia, its invincibility; the great warlord and the warriors,...
KUZEYEV Rail Gumerovich
KUZEYEV Rail Gumerovich [10.1.1929, Derevnya Aminevo of the Ufimsky Canton of the BASSR (Chishminsky Raion of the RB) – 2.8.2005, Ufa], Ethnologist, Historian. Associate Member of the RAS (1991), Academic of the AS RB (1991). Dr.Sci (History, 1971), Full Professor (1972). Between 1950–51 and between...
KUZYIKURPYAS AND MAYANKHYLU
“KUZYIKURPYAS AND MAYANKHYLU” (Kuzyikurpyas menen Mayankhylu), a monumental epic work of Bashkir literature. Written in a combined poetic and prosaic form. Recorded by S.Galimov from Ummugulsum Galimova, his mother, in Derevnya Taskino of Chelyab. Obl. in 1938. The plot is based on the love story between...
KYL‑KUBYZ
KYL‑KUBYZ, a Bashkir stringed bowed folk musical instrument. An oblong-shaped body made of a single piece of birch (hollowed) is connected to the neck, which has a curly head with stakes. In ancient times, the tool was made entirely from a single piece of wood. The length is about 650–800 mm; the...
KYSKA‑KYUY
KYSKA‑KYUY (literally – a short tune), in the Bashk. music folklore refers to a melodic style; a genre of the Bashkir folk music. For the first time, the term was introduced by S.G. Rybakov, the first samples of K. k. were published in his The Music and Songs of Ural Muslims with an Essay of Their Everyday...
LACH Robert
LACH Robert (29.1.1874–11.9.1958), musicologist, composer. His research papers are devoted to comparative musicology, music history, ethnomusicology, and psychology. Author of “Vergleichende Musikwissenschaft” (1924), “Studien zur Entwicklungsgeschichte der ornamentalen Melopöie” (1913), etc. During...
LAMENT
LAMENT is a genre of family-household ritual folklore, performed when a person is leaving the native house. It exists in folklore of many peoples. Its origin and functions are close to the genre of lamentation. There are wedding, funeral-commemoration L. connected with the ancient beliefs of peoples....
LAMENTATION
LAMENTATION is a genre of family-household ritual folklore performed usually when a person is departing this life and at his funeral. It is also performed during a rite of passage (seeing off a bride, a soldier, etc.; see Laments). Its origin is connected with the magic of laments, ritual collective...
LATVIAN HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CENTER
LATVIAN HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CENTER, public organization, branch of the House of Peoples’ Friendship. It was created in 2006 in the village Maxim Gorky in Arkhangelsky district of the RB in order to safeguard and develop the native language and literature, folklore, customs and traditions of...
LAYSAN
“LAYSAN”, folk dance ensemble at Uchaly Mining and Processing Plant. It was created in 1964 at the culture house of the state farm “Bayramgulovskiy”; it has had its current status since 2005. In 1972, it earned the title “People’s”; in 2013, it became an honored folkart team of the Russian Federation....
LEBEDINSKIY Lev Nikolayevich
LEBEDINSKIY Lev Nikolayevich (5.11. 1904–21.11.1992), musicologist, folklorist. His research papers are devoted to the musical folklore of the peoples of the USSR, the works of domestic composers, theoretical problems of musical performance, etc. He made a significant contribution to the collection...
LEGEND
LEGEND is a short oral fantastic folklore story that claims to be true. The motifs and images of L. often originate from myths in Bashkortostan peoples’ folklore (see Myths). There are types of L.: 1) cosmogonic – about the creation of the world and space bodies [Bashk.: “Two ducks that created the...
LEPYOKHIN Ivan Ivanovich
LEPYOKHIN Ivan Ivanovich (10.9.1740, St. Petersburg – 6.4.1802, Ibid.), Traveller, Ethnographer. Acad. of the Academy of Sciences and Arts (1771). Leader of Academic expeditions of 1768–74. He described the structure of summer nomad camps of Bashkirs, the methods of cooking meat (bishbarmak, salma)...
LITERATURE AND FOLKLORE.
LITERATURE AND FOLKLORE. The relationship of L. and F. are complex and multifaceted. Writers applied oral ethnic art at every stage of literature development. Studying art folklore makes national literature develop in its own way. The writers use quotes and borrow ethnic styles and, moreover, understand...
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...
LYUBIZAR
“LYUBIZAR”, a Bashkir ethnik song, kyska-kyuy. The song’s lyrics were first recorded by F.K.Tuykin in the 1910s. The L. appearance is connected with the events of the Patriotic War of 1812 and Foreign Campaigns of the Russian army of 1813–14. According to the legend, after one of the great battles M.I.Kutuzov...
