A treasure trove of memoirs by the outstanding book critic Abrar Karimuuuin (on the 100th anniversary of the scholar)

Karimullin Abrar Gibadullovich (1925-2000) was an academician, the first researcher of the Tatar book history, a bibliographer, Doctor of Philology, full member of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan, Honored Scientist of the TASSR, winner of the State Prize of the Republic of Tatarstan named after G. Tukay, winner of the Kul Gali International Prize, holder of high titles in various nominations in many countries of the world. He participated in the Great Patriotic War. Abrar Karimullin graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology of Kazan State University named after V. I. Lenin (1953). In 1953-1964 he was deputy director for research at the Scientific Library of Kazan State University; in 1964-1992 he worked at the G. Ibragimov Institute of Language, Literature and Art of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic ofTatarstan. In 1991-1992, A. Karimullin was a scientific consultant of the National Library of Tatarstan. He conducted research on the history of the Tatar people, his major works were devoted to the history of the emergence and development of the Tatar printed book, philology and bibliography.