PROBLEMS, SEARCH, SOLUTIONS

• 5 Sh.R. Abdullin, B.M. Mirkin
  Cave ecosystem analysis in the Republic of Bashkortostan
• 13 Z.N. Suleimanova
  Antibacterial properties of some tropical and subtropical plant species containing phyto organic substances
• 17 N.T. Suleimanov, A.N. Suleimanov
  The programme for the development of the intellectual property market in the Republic of Bashkortostan
• 23 A.N. Shcheglov, E.I. Nurtdinova
  Express-procedures for competitiveness assessment
• 31 R.A. Zaripov, V.O. Kugeiko, S.B. Bakhtiyarova
  Beekeeping research
• 36 N.M. Kulbakhtin, S.N. Kulbakhtin
  The fate of Tverdyshevs' and Myasnikovs' heirs
• 49 V.N. Feshkin
  Academician M . Lyubavsky's studies on the history of Bashkiria
• 56 A.M. Aznabaev
  The historical background of grammatical features in some turkic languages
• 66 G.H. Bukharova
  Bashkir toponyms of indo-iranian origin characterizing water bodies and mountain objects in Bashkortostan
• 80 L.F. Abubakirova
  Stratification of turkic-slavic contacts in the interfluve of the Ural and Sakmara rivers

IN THE BOOK WORLD

• 84 Reviewed:
  I. Z. Shayakhmetova. The military history of the Bashkirs: encyclopedia
• 86 Reviewed:
  B.M. Mirkin, Ya.T. Suyundulcov, R.M. Khaziakhmetov. Soil ecology Bashkortostan

OFFICIAL SECTION

• 86 The 2013 awards of the Academy of sciences of the Republic of Bashkortostan named in honour of outstanding scientists
• 90 Jubilees