PROBLEM OF ETHNOCULTURAL AFFINITY BETWEEN BASHKIR AND HUNGARIAN PEOPLES IN HISTORIOGRAPHY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE XIX <sup>TH</sup> – THE BEGINNING OF THE XXI <sup>ST</sup> CENTURY
The author reveals the content of the problem of ethnocultural affinity between the Bashkir and Hungarian peoples and the evolution of researchers’ views in relation to this question, tells that in light of new sources involvement into scientific circulation the problem of ethnocultural affinity between the Bashkir and Hungarian peoples acquires new perception, pays special attention to the evolution of researchers’ opinions on this topic, source base and the current status of the problem in historiography, and mentions that earlier general works do not cover such a wide chronological range in the historiography of this problem, in particular, do not cover researchers’ works for the last two decades.