Book review: Gainutdinov А.М. Epigraphic monuments of the cemetery of the Novo-Tatar settlement of Kazan (Kazan, 2023)

Abstract

This review is devoted to the analysis of the new work of the Kazan epigraphist Aydar Gainutdinov «Epigraphic monuments of the cemetery of the Novo-Tatar settlement of Kazan». A.М. Gainutdinov is the author of 8 books, which include real peer-reviewed work, as well as over 30 articles on epigraphy. The scientist carried out large-scale work to collect and fix the wet plates of the cemetery under study. For the first time in one edition, photographs of gravestones that have survived to this day, dating mainly from 1813–1922, are collected. The book is a scientific and reference publication, under the photo of each monument there is a transcript of the texts of the epitaphs in the original language and their translation into modern Tatar. The work of A.M. Gainutdinov is of interest to historians, philologists, epigraphists, genealogists, ethnographers. For citation: Aminov R.R. Book review: Gainutdinov А.М. Epigraphic monuments of the cemetery of the Novo-Tatar settlement of Kazan (Kazan, 2023). From History and Culture of Peoples of the Middle Volga Region. 2023, vol.13, no.2, pp.123–127. https://doi.org/10.22378/2410-0765.2023-13-2.123-127 (In Russian)