THE "GRAMOPHONE" COMPANY IN RUSSIA: THE FIRST RECORDINGS OF TATAR SINGERS AND MUSICIANS
Basing on the newly discovered sources, the article conducts novel research into the history of the very first gramophone records of Tatar singers and musicians made by the "Gramophone" company at the beginning of the 20 <sup>th</sup> century in Kazan. It also identifies the date and the place of the first recordings, finds out the names of the singers and studies the repertoire on the gramophone records. Particular attention is paid to the memoirs of the "Gramophone" chief expert, F.Gaysberg, fixed in his diaries.