Bashkir folklore
The first collectors of Bashkir literary folklore were writers and scientists P. Rychkov, P. Pallas, I. Lepekhin, I. Georgi, V. Tatishchev (XVIII century), T. Belyaev, P. Kudryashov, A. Pushkin, V. Dal, L. Sukhodolsky, A. Bessonov (fairy tales), Mukhametsha Burangulov (epos Ural Batyr) and others, musical folklore - composers A. Alyabyev, K. Schubert, S. Rybakov (XIX century), I. Saltykov, L. Lebedinsky, L. Atanova and others. Collectors of folklore, people from the Bashkirs were S. Kuklyashev, M. Bekchurin, Yu. Aminev, B. Yulyev, M. Kuvatov, M. Umetbaev, F. Tuikin, M. Burangulov, M. Gafuri , Sh. Babich and others.