The Image of Suyumbike in the Tatar Culture of the early twentieth century

Research objective: The purpose of this study is to analyze the image of Syuyumbike in the everyday culture of the Tatars of the early twentieth century. Research materials: This article is based on the archive’s documents, materials of the periodical press at the beginning of the twentieth century, museum exhibits, as well as academic publications on the subject. Results and novelty of the research: In the everyday culture of the early twentieth century, the name of artistic image and name of the queen, Suyumbike, were used in different variations. The Syuyumbike Tower in the Kazan Kremlin was very important for the Tatars, so Tatar entrepreneurs provided for its restoration. An analysis of the activities of Tatar merchants shows that at the beginning of the twentieth century, the Syuyumbike brand was formed. The idea of national progress was the driving force of the bourgeois transformations of this period, and the image of Syuyumbike became one of the main symbols of the new culture. The interest in the historical figure of Syuyumbike in that era and the active use of her image in various spheres of life indicate the growth of the Tatar national identity, the idea of statehood, female emancipation, and the modernization of Tatars’ everyday life. The scholarly novelty of the article is that the image of Syuyumbike is first subjected to a comprehensive analysis for the first time and is considered in the context of the Tatar bourgeois culture of the early twentieth century and its everyday practices

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