On the Signiﬁcance of the Multivolume Bashkir Encyclopedia in Realization of the Program for Protecting Intangible Culture Heritage
Today the problem of folklore preservation is topical not only for the Bashkirs but also for other peoples of the world. The Recommendation for the Safeguarding of Folklore was adopted by the UNESCO General Conference in 1989. In 2008 in Russia the Conception of the Preservation and Development of the Russian Federation Peoples' Intangible Cultural Heritage for 2009 and 2015 was adopted. The publication of the many-volume “Bashkir Encyclopedia” also plays an important role in safeguarding pearls of Bashkir folklore. As UNESCO recommended the activities of TYURKSOI and the Russian government are oriented towards the creation of a database of peoples' spiritual cultural heritage with the purpose of propagating it.