A.H. Makhmutov, D.R. Peskova (Ufa) The summit of the SCO in Ufa — from global challenges to a sustainable development 8
A.Y. Zaripov, P. S. Fayuzullin (Ufa) Constants of self-awareness as the main factors of ethnical identity 15
S.A. Erkaev, A.S. Erkaev (Khujand) Tajik migrants in the ethno-cultural space of Bashkortostan 20
L.A. Yamaeva (Ufa) Features of religious culture of modern Bashkir muslims 26
POLITICS. LEGAL SCIENCES
R.G. Iskuzhin (Moscow) The role of social memory in public diplomacy: Russia's integration with the countries of the middle east 32
V.K. Samigullin (Ufa) Political structure of modern Kazakhstan: experience of a comparative legal analysis 36
L.P. Chernikova (Moscow) Russian-Chinese relations. History and modernity 42
HISTORY. ARTS
К.К. Karimov (Ufa) The role of science in mobilizing raw materials of the Urals for the war (1941-1945) 48
G.T. Khusainova (Ufa) Bashkortostan's participation in developing Indian-Russian relations 53
M.A. Idrisova (Ufa) The «Symphonic revelation» project: towards the BRICS and the SCO summits in Ufa 60
LINGUISTICS
M.Z. Zakiev (Kazan) Turkic morphonology and etymology (Evidence from the Tatar Language) 66
REVIEWS
A.V. Vitol (St. Petersburg) The Savonarola phenomenon and the ottomans 77
YOUNGER GENERATION
V.V. Tishin (Moscow) N.N. Kozmin and studies of the social system of Orkhon turks of 6th-8th centuries 83
BOOK REVIEWS
I.G. Galyautdinov (Ufa) On R. Abutalipova's monograph. Means of representation of aspectual meanings in the Ti languages. — Ufa: Gilem, 2013. — 196 p. 91
G.V. Kalashnikov, A.I. Razdorskiy (Moscow) Encyclopedia of Military history of Bashkirs. Ch. Ed. A.Z. Asfandiyarov. — Ufa: Bashkir Encyclopedia, 2013. 431 p .: ill., with maps, notes and portrait's 94
EVENTS
G.T. Battalova (Ufa) The road of friendship: The Days of Culture and Science of the Republic of Bashkortostan in the Kyrgyz Republic 99
R.G. Bukanova (Ufa) From the Kazakh Khanate to independent Kazakhstan: International scientific and practical Conference on 550 years of the Kazakh Khanate 102
JUBILEES
Vitaly V. Naumkin, Dr.Sc. (History), Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences celebrates his 70th Birth Anniversary 104
Sufiyan Sh. Povarisov, Dr.Sc. (Philology), People's writer of the Republic of Bashkortostan 107
