Bulat Lironovich Khamidullin,
Institute of Tatar Encyclopedia and Regional Studies,
Tatarstan Academy of Sciences,
8 Puskin Str,. Каzаn, 420111, Russian Federation,
bulat.antat@mail.ru.
In December 2017, the Institute of History of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences successfully presented a new collective monograph “History and Culture of the Kryashen Tatars (16th–20th centuries)”. The book is dedicated to the history and culture of the Kryashen Tatars, an ethno-confessional community of Tatars. The work was carried out in the largest humanitarian research centre in the Republic of Tatarstan, Sh. Mardzhani Institute of History, under the supervision of the Member of the Academy of Sciences, Dr. R. S. Khakimov. All leading experts in the area of Kryashen studies in Russia took part in the work: historians, ethnographers, philologists, art historians and folklorists of Kazan, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Chelyabinsk. The authors of the monograph conducted profound research, thus, the publication of this book will make a significant contribution to the popularization of the historical and cultural heritage of the Kryashen Tatars. The book can be used not only for academic purposes, but also for the provision of methodological guidance in the development of national and confessional policies in the Republic of Tatarstan and the Russian Federation, but addressing the issues of interfaith and interethnic relations.
Key words: Tatars, Kryashen Tatars, Kryashens, Institute of History of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, monograph, ethnogenesis, social and cultural development, ethno-confessional community.