The purpose of the article is to analyze the transformation of the behavioral patterns of Kasimov Tatar women in the first half of the XX c. The specific task is to reveal the role, to show the achievements of the Kasimov Tatar women in the context of the history of the city of Kasimov and the country in the first half of the XX c. The main sources are published scientific and popular science publications; documents from the State Archives of the Russian Federation introduced into scientific circulation for the first time; materials of the Kasimov newspaper “Red Sunrise”. Based on the aggregation of these data, the activities of women from national minorities in the system of education, art and science, as well as in so-cial and political life are covered. Particular attention is paid to outstanding personalities, whose names have become widely known outside the Kasimovsky district, namely the teacher S. Kh. Bulatova, mathematician S. Kh. Shakulova, opera singer Z. G. Bayrasheva, writer and statesman Z. Kh. Burnasheva and others. The authors conclude that among the Kasimov Tatar women there were professionals who broke the stereotypes about Tatar women, who were open to modernization processes and actively participated in their implementation. Read in PDF
