A treasure trove of memoirs by the outstanding book critic Abrar Karimuuuin (on the 100th anniversary of the scholar)
https://doi.org/10.26907/2311-2042-2025-24-1-146-152
Abstract
Karimullin Abrar Gibadullovich (1925-2000) was an academician, the first researcher of the Tatar book history, a bibliographer, Doctor of Philology, full member of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan, Honored Scientist of the TASSR, winner of the State Prize of the Republic of Tatarstan named after G. Tukay, winner of the Kul Gali International Prize, holder of high titles in various nominations in many countries of the world. He participated in the Great Patriotic War.
Abrar Karimullin graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology of Kazan State University named after V. I. Lenin (1953). In 1953-1964 he was deputy director for research at the Scientific Library of Kazan State University; in 1964-1992 he worked at the G. Ibragimov Institute of Language, Literature and Art of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic ofTatarstan.
In 1991-1992, A. Karimullin was a scientific consultant of the National Library of Tatarstan.
He conducted research on the history of the Tatar people, his major works were devoted to the history of the emergence and development of the Tatar printed book, philology and bibliography.
About the Author
G. R. Khusainova
National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Gulnira R. Khusainova - Candidate of Philology, the Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books of the National Library, the Republic of Tatarstan
86 Pushkin Str., Kazan, 420015
References
1. Abrar Gibadullovich Karimullin: biobibliograficheskii ukazatel’ (1995) [Abrar Gibadullovich Karimullin: Bio-bibliographic Index], Sost. R. Kh. Timergalina. 73 p. Ufa-Kazan'. (In Russian)
2. Karimullin, A. G. (1971). U istokov tatarskoi knigi (ot nachala vozniknoveniya do 60-kh godov XIX veka) [At the Origins of the Tatar Book (from its beginning to the 1860s)]. 224 p. Kazan', Tatar. kn. izd-stvo. (In Russian)
3. Karimullin, A. G. (1983). Tatarskaya kniga poreformennoi Rossii [The Tatar Book of Post-Reform Russia]. 320 p. Kazan', Tatar. kn. izd-vo. (In Russian)
4. Karimullin, A. G. (1974). Tatarskaya kniga nachala XX veka [The Tatar Book of the Early Twentieth Century], 320 p. Kazan', Tatar. kn. izd-vo. (In Russian)
5. Karimullin, A. G. (2000). Bez tarikhta ehzlebez [We Left a Mark in History], 464 p. Kazan', Natsional'naya kniga. (In Tatar)
6. Karimullin, A. G. (1997). Tel - millәtneӊ sakchysy [The Language Is the Guardian of the Nation], 256 p. Kazan', Tatar. knizhn. izd. (In Tatar)
7. Karimullin, A. G. (1991). Tatarlar: isemebez hәm җisemebez [Tatars: Our Name and Our Essence]. 160 p. Kazan', Tatar. knizhn. izd. (In Tatar)
8. Karimullin, A. G. (1995). Prototyurki i indeitsy Ameriki. Po sledam odnoi gipotezy [Proto-Turks and American Indians. Following One Hypothesis], 65 p. Moscow, Insan. (In Russian)
9. Abrar Gibadullovich Karimullin: biobibliograficheskii ukazatel’ (1985) [Abrar Gibadullovich Karimullin: Bio-bibliographic Index], Sost. T. S. Korbangaleeva. 35 p. Kazan', KGU. (In Russian)
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11. Әbгаг Gyibadulla uly Kәrimullin: biobibliografik kyrsәtkech (2011) [Abrar Gibadullovich Karimullin: Bio-bibliographic Index], Tɵz. A. F. Мәкmүtovа. 271 p. Kazan. Milli kitap. (In Tatar)
12. Milli kitap: ytkәne һәm bygengese, кilәсһәккә karash (2017) [The National Book: Its Past and Present, a Look to the Future]. I-V Korimullin ukulary - khalykara fәnni-gamәli konferentsiyәr materiallary (Kazan, 2003-2016 ellar) 2 kisәktә. I kisәk. Tɵz.: I. G. hadiev, A. Җ. Zahidullin. 278 p. Kazan, Milli kitap. Milli kitap: ytкәne һәm bygengese, кilәсһәккә karash: I-V Кәrimullin ukulary - khalykara fәnni-gamәli konferentsiyalәr materiallary (Kazan, 2003-2016 ellar) 2 kisәktә. II kisәk; tɵz.: I. G. hadiev, A. Җ. Zahidullin. 224 p. Kazan, Milli kitap. (In Tatar)
13. Nɵҗmiеv, T. S. (2018). Әbrar Kәrimullin khatlary [Abrar Karimullin’s Letters]. Bezne Miras. No. 9, pp. 77-79. (In Tatar)
14. Nɵҗmiеv, T. S. (2011). Әbrar Karimullin khatlary [Abrar Karimullin’s Letters]. Mәdәni җomga. No. 38, pp. 14-15.; No. 39, p. 15.; No. 40, p. 15. (In Tatar)
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Khusainova G.R. A treasure trove of memoirs by the outstanding book critic Abrar Karimuuuin (on the 100th anniversary of the scholar). Tatarica. 2025;24(1):146-152. https://doi.org/10.26907/2311-2042-2025-24-1-146-152
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