2024, vol. 12, no. 4. Mukhametzianova L.Kh.

2024, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 740-757

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22378/2313-6197.2024-12-4.740-757

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   TATAR HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE EPIC “IDEGEY”

L.Kh. Mukhametzianova
Ibragimov Institute of Language, Literature and Art
of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences
Kazan, Russian Federation
lilmuhat@mail.ru

Abstract. The purpose of the study is a systematic analysis of the Tatar historiography of the dastan “Idegey”; the article accumulates a set of basic studies from the 19th century to the present day related to the Tatar epic of the dastan “Idegey”.
Research materials: The multifunctional science of folk art samples includes a considerable number of textual and theoretical studies devoted to the collection, publication, and study of the monumental folk epic “Idegey”. At the same time, the historiography of Dastan in Tatar studies has not yet become the subject of special research in the context of philological and historical sciences, although the famous Dastan of the Golden Horde period has repeatedly attracted and continues to attract the attention of prominent collectors and researchers over the years. The relevance of the article is explained by the need to rethink the Tatar historiography of the epic, taking into account the achievements of philological and historical science and presenting a holistic view of this problem.
Results and novelty of the research: The study is the first effort at a systematic analysis and description of sources and scientific literature about “Idegey” epic belonging to Tatar scientists. The emphasis on the works of domestic and foreign researchers in relation to the Tatar-language texts of the dastan in different historical periods, along with the identification of significant problems characteristic of the study of the historiography of the epic “Idegey” are also included in the circle of interest of the author. The novelty of the research is a reliable interpretation of the historiography of “Idegey” in the light of new scientific requirements, systematization of assessments, characteristics, and revision of a whole range of previous views on the declared topic. This research provides an important impetus for the active scientific circulation of a number of significant materials on the “Idegey” epic in a broad historical and cultural context.

Keywords: Idegey, historiography of the dastan, research of scientists, collection and study of the Tatar epic, Turkic epic, scientific and historical versions and variants

For citation: Mukhametzianova L.Kh. Tatar historiography of the epic “Idegey”. Zolotoordynskoe obozrenie=Golden Horde Review. 2024, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 740–757. https://doi.org/10.22378/2313-6197.2024-12-4.740-757 (In Russian)

Acknowledgements: The author expresses sincere gratitude to I.M. Mirgaleev, Candidate of Historical Sciences, head of the Usmanov Center for Research of the Golden Horde and Tatar Khanates of the Marjani Institute of History of the Tatarstan Academy of Scien­ces for the idea of conducting this research and support in writing the article.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Liliya Kh. Mukhametzianova – Dr. Sci. (Philology), Chief Researcher of the Department of Folk Art, G. Ibragimov Institute of Language, Literature and Art of the Tatarstan Aca­demy of Sciences (12, K. Marks Str., Kazan 420111, Russian Federation); ORCID: 0000-0002-0071-7058. E-mail: lilmuhat@mail.ru

Received  17.06.2024  Revised  23.09.2024
Accepted  29.11.2024