Gaziz Gubaidullin (1887-1937)-Tatar publicist, writer, scholar-Turkologist, a man whose name has emerged from non-existence today, as if re-opened to the Tatar people. In the Museum of the Tatar Cultural Center in Kazan, the first of five stands dedicated to outstanding figures of the Tatar people of the XX century and opening the museum's exposition tells about the life and work of G. Gubaidullin. This center, located in the premises of a cult institution of the Soviet era - the Lenin Memorial, was created after the fall of the Soviet Union. Until then, since the early 1930s, the name and work of the scientist and public figure for several generations of Soviet people was forgotten, despite the fact that "in the intellectual life of Tatar society in the first decades of our century," writes the oldest Russian scholar-Turkologist Shamil Mukhammedyarov, " one of the central places belongs to Gaziz Salikhovich Gubaidullin (G. Gaziz) is a bright and multi-faceted personality. The breadth of views of this man, who was formed within the walls of the Kazan Imperial University, naturally intertwined with the skill of filigree analysis of a specific historical fact. His critical mind and ability to penetrate the essence of historical phenomena, the academic form of presentation of the material were closely combined with his artistic talent. History, source studies, historiography, literature and literary studies - these are not the full range of creative interests of a scientist " [Mukhamediarov, 1994, p. 13]. G. Gubaidullin combined scientific work with journalistic activity and writing. He is a master of the short story, "Tatar Chekhov" - became known as a writer and publicist in pre-revolutionary Russia. It is now reopened to the public. Not only his short stories, but also almost all his journalistic articles of the pre-revolutionary Russia era, such as" Is the Nation Dying?", are reprinted in the pages of the modern press of Tatarstan. The fate of G. Gubaidullin is the ... Читать далее