2025. no 3. Nariman Abdulvapov

Historical themes in Crimean Tatar folklore of the period 1783–1883

Nariman Abdulvapov

Fevzi Yakubov Crimean Engineering and Pedagogical University

Abstract.The article examines the issues of the place and significance of historical themes in the Crimean Tatar oral folk art of the period 1783–1883. Using the example of emigrant and soldier songs, samples of other varieties of the Crimean Tatar historical song genre, as well as legends about the folk hero Alim Azamat-oglu, the special significance of these themes for the Crimean Tatar folklore of the period under review is shown, as well as the significant value of works of historical content for the entire Crimean Tatar literature of that time as a whole.

Keywords: Crimean Tatar oral folk art, migrant folklore, soldiers songs, historical legends

For citation: Abdulvapov N.R. Historical themes in Crimean Tatar folklore of the period 1783–1883. Krymskoe istoricheskoe obozrenie=Crimean Historical Review. 2025, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 61–78. DOI: 10.22378/kio.2025.3.61-78 (In Russian)

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About the author: Nariman R. Abdulvapov – Cand. Sci. (Philology), Associate Professor of the Department of Crimean Tatar Literature; Leading Researcher at the Research Institute of Crimean Tatar Philology, History and Culture of Ethnic Groups of Crimea, Fevzi Yakubov Crimean Engineering and Pedagogical University (8, Uchednyy lane, Simferopol 295015, Russian Federation); ORCID: 0009-0003-4238-1382; lale64@mail.ru

Received 20.05.2025

Accepted 05.08.2025