Chief editor

Timerkhanov Ainur Akhatovich

In 1996, he graduated with honors from the English‑Arabic department of the Faculty of Foreign Languages at Kazan State Pedagogical Institute; he completed postgraduate studies at the lexicography department of the G. Ibragimov Institute of Language, Literature and Art of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan (1996–1999); under the academic supervision of Professor F. A. Ganiev, he defended his doctoral dissertation (2006) on the topic “The Language of Business Documents in the Modern Tatar Language” in the field of study 10.02.02 — Languages of the Peoples of the Russian Federation (Tatar language).At a professional level, in addition to Tatar and Russian, he speaks English and can communicate in Arabic and Turkish. Over the years, he completed educational and scientific internships in Turkey (Samsun, Turkish Educational Center, 1992), Egypt (Cairo, Al-Azhar University, 1994-1995; British Training Center, 1995), USA (Bloomington, Indiana University, 2003; University of Chicago, 2004); lectured on language politics of the Russian Federation, Turko-Tatar lexicography at Florida Atlantic University (USA, Boca Raton, 2015).

A.A. Timerkhanov's main professional activity is related to his work at the G.Ibragimov Institute of Fine Arts of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan: in 2003-2006, he was a researcher, senior researcher at the Department of Lexicography, head of the postgraduate department, in 2007-2019, Head of the Department of Lexicography, from 2023 to the present, he was a leading researcher (part–time.); in 2008-2013 – Academic Secretary of the Dissertation Council D 022.001.01. In 2019-2021 – Vice–rector, Vice-rector for Research, 2021 - March, 2023 – Acting Rector of the Bulgarian Islamic Academy. From March 2023 to the present, he is the vice‑president of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan.

For more than a quarter of a century, A.A. Timerkhanov combined research and organizational work with teaching at the university: in 1995-2005 - assistant, senior lecturer at the Tatar State Humanitarian Institute; in 2005-2007 – associate professor at the Tatar State Humanitarian Pedagogical University; in 2008-2010 – Professor at Kazan Federal University; in 2005-2019 – Associate professor, Professor at the Kazan Branch of the Russian State University of Justice. Under his supervision, numerous graduation theses were completed, two candidate dissertations were defended, and major research projects in the field of traditional and electronic lexicography were implemented.

A.A. Timerkhanov is a specialist in general and Tatar linguistics (lexicography, stylistics, translation studies), and the author of more than 140 scientific publications, including 3 monographs, 3 teaching and methodological aids, and 8 dictionaries.

The main scientific results are related to the development of theoretical and applied aspects of Tatar lexicography, the creation of linguistic and terminological dictionaries of the Tatar language, bilingual and multilingual educational dictionaries, the development of Tatar electronic lexicography, and the coverage of pressing issues in Tatar orthography and orthoepy, stylistics, and the theory and practice of translation.

A.A. Timerkhanov has studied the linguistic and extralinguistic (sociolinguistic) aspects of the functioning of the Tatar language in the sphere of official business relations. The results he has achieved expand the scientific and theoretical basis for the study of the functional styles of the Tatar language; they make it possible to present the most comprehensive system of the style of official business documents in the Tatar language (functional‑stylistic, lexico‑grammatical norms and characteristics), as well as the trends and features of its development at the present stage; they provide a scientific and practical basis for a more complete and effective use of the Tatar language in official communication within governmental and other structures and organizations.

Within the framework of general lexicography, Timerkhanov A.A. investigated the problems associated with the development of macrostructures (vocabulary selection, volume and nature of the dictionary, principles of material arrangement, etc.) and microstructures (structure of a dictionary entry, types of dictionary definitions, the ratio of different types of information about a word, etc.) of different types of dictionaries of the Tatar language, solved particular issues of lexicographic fixation and descriptions of the branch terminology of the Tatar language, terminology creation; problems of Tatar spelling; the basic principles of transliteration of the Tatar script from Cyrillic to Latin script have been developed and implemented in lexicographic practice in accordance with the requirements of current legislation. The results of scientific research of the author has found practical reflection in developed under his leadership, the direct participation of lexicographical works: "a Brief Russian-Tatar dictionary of business vocabulary" (Kazan, 2002, p. 96), "a School dictionary of the Tatar language" (Kazan, 2013, p. 510), "Tatar-Russian and Russian-English school dictionary" (Kazan, 2013, 2014, 512 p.); "the Anglo-Russian and Russian-Tatar dictionary of computer terms" (Kazan, 2015, p. 239); "Tatar-English English-Tatar dictionary" (Kazan, 2018, p. 544); "Tatarça-inglizçä, inglizçä-tatarça süzlek") ' (Qazan, 2018, 528 b., in Latin), "Tatar-Russian picture dictionary" (Kazan, 2022, 2023, 344 p.), a Spelling dictionary of the Tatar language (Kazan, 2024, 560 p.), as well as in the framework of the scientific editorial work on publications: "the Russian-Tatar dictionary" (Kazan, 2009, p. 632), "Russian-Tatar dictionary topical vocabulary" (Kazan, 2014, p. 551), "Etymological dictionary of the Tatar language" in 2 volumes (Kazan, 2015), "Tatar-Russian-Latin dictionary ornithomimus" (Kazan, 2018, p. 184), "Explanatory Tatar-Russian-Latin dictionary idionymon" (Kazan, 2019, p. 204), etc.

He developed, refined, and implemented the principles of lexicographic description of the orthoepic and orthographic system of the modern Tatar language at the turn of the century; he addressed the issues related to the relationship between codified and customary pronunciation and accentological norms and the development of algorithms for making lexicographic decisions when these norms diverge — all of which is reflected in the “Orthoepic Dictionary of the Tatar Language” (Kazan, 2019, 156 pp.).

"" As part of the implementation of the state program "Preservation, study and development of the state languages of the Republic of Tatarstan and other languages in the Republic of Tatarstan for 2014-2020", he ensured the implementation as the head and co–author of a fundamental scientific lexicographic project - the compilation and publication (1-5 volumes) of the Explanatory Dictionary of the Tatar language in 6 volumes (2015-2021, approx. 400 pp.); was the initiator and coordinator of the creation of a "Multifunctional multilingual electronic lexicographic Fund of the Tatar language" on the basis of the G. Ibragimov Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan (together with KFU), which provided a significant expansion of the factual information base and the possibility of conducting corpus, interdisciplinary research on the material of the Tatar language, as well as increasing the applied importance of dictionary materials – their availability in the electronic version for the general user.

While serving as the rector of the Bulgarian Islamic Academy, he actively worked to develop the system of Islamic religious education: with his leading organizational role and participation, in 2019 an international dissertation council was established and is currently operating at the Bulgarian Islamic Academy; it is responsible for awarding the doctoral degree in theology and Islamic sciences and includes scholars and theologians from 8 countries around the world. Major scientific and educational projects aimed at reviving and developing the theological heritage of Russia’s Muslims have been successfully implemented. Systematic work has been established to restore and digitize manuscripts and ancient books, as well as to publish educational, theological, and other literature.

He is a member of the editorial board of scientific journals: "Fanny Tatarstan" (G.Ibragimov Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, 2014), "TATARICA" (KFU, 2014), "Arabistics of Eurasia" (KFU, 2020), "Orientalistics" (Orientalistica) (Institute of Islamic Sciences, RAS, 2022).

Awarded a commendation from the President of the Republic of Tatarstan (2014); laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Tatarstan in the field of science and technology (2023) for the collective project “Explanatory Dictionary of the Tatar Language” in 6 volumes (1998–2021); awarded the Medal of the Republic of Tatarstan “For Valiant Labor” (2024) for many years of fruitful work and significant contribution to the development of the humanities.