ЭКСПЕДИЦИОННЫЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ Р.Г. КУЗЕЕВА ПО ИЗУЧЕНИЮ БАШКИРСКИХ РОДОПЛЕМЕННЫХ ЗНАКОВ В 1975-1982 ГГ.

Abstract

One of the little-studied documents of the scientific heritage of the outstanding scientist-ethnologist R.G. Kuzeev are his field diaries. They are the result of many years of expedition research by the scientist and cover the period from 1952 to 1982. They contain information concerning ethnogenesis, ethnic history, tribal structure, land use system, customary law, history of settlements, toponymy of Bashkirs. A lot of interesting and valuable things can also be learned in them about Bashkir economic occupations and crafts, settlements, dwellings, decorative and applied arts, historical legends, legends. Field diaries also show that their content directly depended on the scientific tasks that the researcher set for himself. In 1953-1955, as well as in 1965-1974, R.G. Kuzeev collected materials on the history of settlement, tribal composition, remnants of the patriarchal-tribal way of life, tribal signs, customary law, land use system, land relations and social organization of Bashkirs. In 1956-1961, together with colleagues from Leningrad and Ufa, he joined in the collection and generalization of materials on the decorative and applied art of Bashkirs. In 1975-1982, the scientist focused his attention on a systematic and large-scale study of Bashkir tamgas - tribal signs. This publication tells about how the scientist, since the 50s of the twentieth century, nurtured this idea and implemented it during expedition research in the 70-80-ies of the twentieth century. Although R.G. Kuzeev did not have time to complete the monograph on this topic to the end, he made a significant contribution to the collection, accumulation and scientific interpretation of the phenomenon of Bashkir tamgas, and also drew attention to their inexhaustible source value. In addition, he left behind a unique body of expedition drawings and photographs, which in all their diversity reflect the ethnic and regional characteristics of the tribal signs of the Bashkirs in the Southern Urals.