"The first scientist among our Russian Muslims" (newspaper "Vakyt" about Ismail Gasprinsky)
The work is devoted to the analysis of articles published in the Tatar newspaper «Vakyt» for 1914, devoted to the life, activity, death and heritage of Ismail Gasprinsky, a teacher and educator well known in the Muslim world. It highlights the materials of well-known and little-known authors who are well acquainted with the activities of Gasprinsky. Articles that have been published in other Tatar newspapers and magazines, with which Vakyt introduces its readers, are also analyzed. The study of these materials makes it possible to draw a conclusion about the importance of Gasprinsky’s personality in the Tatar world of the early 20th century.