N.V. Akhmadieva (Ufa) Public sentiments in Bashkiria in the conditions of the crisis of the ideological system (late 1970s - early 1980s) 8
A.I. Mamin (Ufa) Functioning of the militia of the BASSR in the post-war years 14
Faromarzi Fayzullo (Tashkent) The place of the written heritage of Hafiz-i Abru in the court chronicle of the Timurid period 21
A.M. Smirnova (St. Petersburg) The view of Iranian researchers on the influence of the greater Iran culture in Kashmir 28
R.Yu. Akkubekov (Ufa) About one medieval epigraphic monument near the mausoleum of Tura Khan 36
Hussain Qasim Hasan Al-Rubaye (Moscow) Leadership as a social phenomenon 42
PHILOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Yu.V. Normanskaya (Moscow) Bashkir dialects in the 18th century according to the dictionary of P.S. Pallas 48
G.S. Kunafin (Ufa) Idea and thematic and genre-styling nature of G.B. Khusainov 54
F.V. Akhmadiev (Ufa) Revival and development of genre traditions of historical dastans in the works of the Bashkir poet R. ZInurov 61
Yu.R. Khalidova (Buynaksk) Satire in the poetry of Rasul Gamzatov and Magomed Atabaev 66
R.A. Dautova (Ufa) Small genres of folklore of the Bashkir’s of the Kurgan region in a comparative study (by the materials of the expeditions of 1959 and 2010) 72
Z.G. Abubakirova (Ufa) Some notes about Rizaitdin Fakhretdinov's arabographic composition "Kitab at-takharat" 78
A.G. Yanberdin (Ufa) Reflection of reality in the poems of Tamara Ganeeva 84
JUBILEES
Dr. Sci. (Law), Professor Rafail N. Zinurov celebrates his 70th birthday 88
Dr. Sci. (Philology) Ramil F. Islamov celebrates his 65th birthday 89