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Address:

Azerbaijan, Baku-370001, 8-th corner of Kichik Gala

Phone:

(994 12) 4929314

Director:

Muxtar Kazim oglu Imanov
Doctor of philology
Phone: (994 12) 4929314

Deputy directors:

Oruch Sohrab oglu Aliyev
PhD on philology
Phone: (994 12) 4730625

Scientific secretary:

 

Main area of activity of organization:

The collecting documentaries scientific classification compassing and catalogs Turkish mythology texts  from all region of republic and region of foreign Turkish finding art folklore text and preparing Azerbaijan folklore catalogs in the basis of folklore anthology according to the definite region of Azerbaijan.

Main scientific achievements made over the last five years:

The main scientific news got by the university are in the character scientifically investigate from this point, candidate of philology, assistant of professor Huseyn Ismayilov "Goycha ashug condition foiling and development ways frolizing and development ways" (Baku, Scientific, 2003); assistant of professor Israfil Abbasli "The specific ways of Azerbaijan epos" (Baku, Seda, 2002 in Russian); candidate of philology Seyfeddin Rzayev "Nizami poetry: mythology and history context" (Baku, Agrudag, 2003); "In Mahmud Kashgarli "Divan"s literary text the dictation of Turkish mythology" (Baku, 2003). We may show the institute research.

Brief information on the organization's history: Folklore university began the work as folklore palace scientifically cultural centre in the university of literature.
Total number of employees:

176

Information about structural units of the organization:

The department of Azerbaijan folklore

The department of Turkish peoples folklore

The department of history "Dede-Gorgud"

The department of ashugs activities

The department of folklore theory

The department of mythology studies

The laboratory of folklore

The department of scientific archives

The department of centre of computer

"Irs" folklore group

Doctors of Sciences