2025, vol. 13, no. 4. Mukhametzianova L.Kh.

2025, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 770-784

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22378/2313-6197.2025-13-4.770-784

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   HISTORICAL MEMORY IN WORKS OF EPIC TATAR FOLKLORE
OF THE KAZAN KHANATE PERIOD

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

Abstract. Research objective: To consider the problem of the historical memory of the people, and the national cultural code of the Tatars, manifested in folklore samples about the Kazan Khanate.
Research materials: In this article, the author traces the monuments of epic folklore associated with the Kazan Khanate. The research material is published and archival texts of historical traditions and legends, as well as heroic epic dastans. The monuments of Tatar folklore discussed in the study were recorded from the lips of compatriots living in different regions of the Russian Federation, and were also found in old Arabic manuscripts during complex scientific expeditions, or extracted from collections and manuscripts submitted for signature owners to the archives fund; Some of the materials were included in the academic publication «Tatar Folk Art») in 13 volumes, published from 1977 to 1993.
Results and novelty of the research: The study systematizes individual genres of folk verbal creativity of the Tatars during the Kazan Khanate period; through folklore materials, the specifics of the national mentality and cultural processes of the people are revealed. Historical memory and valuable national codes are revealed in epic works. The author determines that the surviving relics reveal the past of the Tatars, help to find historical truth, and take a direct part in reviving the image and identity of national character, something which sheds light on determining the future. In the process of analyzing folk art texts, it was revealed that the origins of the folklore verbal art of the Tatar people go back to ancient times; oral folk works convey the worldview of the people of their time; they reflect the religious views of the Tatars. The work is the first experience of systematic analysis and description of individual genres of Tatar folk art of the Kazan Khanate period.

Keywords: epic folklore, Kazan Khanate, historical legends, legends, heroic epic-Dastan, worldview of the people, folklore sources

For citation: Mukhametzianova L.Kh. Historical memory in works of epic Tatar folklore of the Kazan Khanate period. Zolotoordynskoe obozrenie=Golden Horde Review. 2025, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 770–784. https://doi.org/10.22378/2313-6197.2025-13-4.770-784 (In Russian)

Acknowledgments: The author is grateful to I.M. Mirgaleev, Cand. Sci. (History), Head of the Usmanov Center for Research on the Golden Horde and Tatar Khanates (Marjani Institute of History of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences) for help in writing this study.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Liliya Kh. Mukhametzianova – Dr. Sci. (Philology), Chief Research Fellow 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  29.09.2025
Revised  01.12.2025
Accepted  01.12.2025