Fanuza Nadrshina

Fanuza Nadrshina (February 7, 1936) is a Bashkir folklorist, scholar and professor.

Early life and education Fanuza Nadrshina was born on February 7, 1936, in the village of Staro-Muradymovo, Aurgazinsky District of Bashkortostan.

In 1959, she graduated from the Faculty of Philology of the Pedagogical Academy in the city of Sterlitamak (from 2022 Sterlitamak branch of the Ufa University of Science and Technology).

Career Since 1962, she has been a researcher at the Institute of History, Language and Literature of the Bashkir Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. Since 2005, she has been a chef scientific officer at the Department of Folkloristics of the Institute of Linguistics of the Urals Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

In 1960–1989, she took part in folklore expeditions to the regions of Bashkortostan, and to Kurgan, Orenburg, Perm, Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk (in 1977, 1988, 1989 as a leader) to the Bashkirs homeland since ancient times.

In 1971, Nadrshina presented her thesis "Aphoristic genres of Bashkir folklore: proverbs, sayings, riddles".

She participated in the preparation for publication of the folklore books series "Bashkir Folk Art" (, "Bashkort Halyk Izhadi") with other scientists (A. I. Kharisov, N. T. Zaripov, L. G. Barag, M. M. Sagitov, and A. M. Suleimanov).

Nadrshina is the author of more than 200 scientific papers, including 30 books on Bashkort folklore and encyclopedia "Salavat Yulaev".